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28 juillet 2015

China extends dominance in latest BRICS ranking by QS

By Brendan O'Malley. China has strengthened its lead in the QS University Rankings: BRICS, which compares the top 200 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Parliament seeks ban on foreign foundations, scientists

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian Council of the Federation – the upper house of the Russian Parliament – is proposing to ban certain foreign scientists and organisations operating in Russia who may pose a threat to the country’s national security, according to a spokesman of the press service of the Council. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Universities adopt principles on indigenous education

Canada’s universities have adopted a set of principles outlining their shared commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for indigenous students and fostering reconciliation across Canada. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Steady progress for Africa’s 19 centres of excellence

By Karen MacGregor. Most of the 19 African centres of excellence being strengthened through a US$150 million World Bank initiative are up and running. Progress includes 3,510 students enrolled for specialised short courses, masters or PhDs – nearly 1,500 of them from other countries in the region. The project is now expanding from seven West African countries, to East and Southern Africa. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

UK, Germany and France top ERC advanced grant awards

By Brendan O’Malley. From the 9/11 attacks in the United States, to the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris this year and the slaughter in Tunisia on 26 June, international terrorism shocks public opinion and has profound political, military and economic consequences. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

The Tim Hunt affair – Lessons for academics

By Martin Ince. The World Conference of Science Journalists sounds like the sort of event that should generate many terrific news stories. But the ninth WCSJ, held in Seoul this June, generated just one. It was about one of the world’s top scientists, and about a senior academic at a leading British university. It contains a range of lessons that anyone involved in university life needs to learn. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Academic freedom is under threat across the world

By Rachael Jolley. Academic freedom needs to be defended from government, commercial and religious pressure. A simple enough statement. Surely stating the bleedin’ obvious? Does it really need to be said, and aren’t those battles already won? Well, it turns out that yes, it does, and no, they aren’t. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Restoring relationships in higher education

By Daniel Obst. Last month the Institute of International Education, or IIE, led a delegation of US higher education leaders to Iran, meeting with counterparts from Iranian universities and research institutes in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan, to explore how to reopen and expand educational and scientific dialogue. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

High university spending but poor results – Report

By Wagdy Sawahel. Mauritania is in the Maghreb region of western North Africa, with an estimated population of 4.1 million people. It has a very low higher education enrolment rate: the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 indicated that out of 144 countries, Mauritania was ranked 128 for tertiary education enrolment. Read more...

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28 juillet 2015

Minister plans incentives for improving teaching

By Brendan O'Malley. The new Minister for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, has pledged to bring in a teaching excellence framework that creates incentives for universities to raise the quality of teaching. Read more...

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