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7 décembre 2014

Indian giant gives lifeline to struggling universities

By Sarah McCabe. Ireland is first choice for Tata empire to pioneer online learning project. India's richest company is forging a deal to transform Ireland into the world's first stop for e-learning and earn millions for the country's floundering universities. More...

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7 décembre 2014

Nzimande threatens Afrikaans university with closure

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande will have private university Academia's registration withdrawn if it remains exclusively Afrikaans, Rapport reported on Sunday.
"If that is the case, we will withdraw their registration. I will not even apologise for it," said Nzimande.
He said he would not allow a university to refuse admission - even on the grounds of language. More...

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7 décembre 2014

SA universities offer online courses to students worldwide

By Tanya Farber. TWO top South African universities are, for the first time, offering "massive online open courses" (MOOCs) to thousands of students through international MOOC providers.
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on Wednesday said it was partnering with nonprofit MOOC provider EdX, which was founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). More...

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7 décembre 2014

Engaging intellectuals and politicians

By Michael D Kennedy. When the eminent French sociologist Michel Wieviorka joined our meeting of the Next Left in Santiago last month, he rearticulated an enduring concern: how can we extend the engagement between intellectuals and politicians, between collective actions and institutional expressions, between the instrumentalities of politics and the complexities academics favour? Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

New momentum and energy behind Bologna

By Que Anh Dang. For many years education researchers have become familiarised with conferences on the educational philosophies of eminent thinkers, such as Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, John Dewey, Susan Isaacs, Jurgen Habermas, etc.
Recently the Romanian Ministry of National Education organised the second research conference on the Bologna process’ ‘philosophy’, or rather its search for a philosophy. So far the Bologna process has been a political process whose philosophical underpinnings have not been clear.
Undoubtedly, Bologna has achieved significant success in its plans for an unprecedented higher education reform on a regional scale. Beginning in 1999 with an initial 29 signatories, this pan-European project has quickly expanded to 47 countries and resulted in the establishment of the European Higher Education Area, or EHEA, in 2010. Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

Tides shifting in global soft power influence

By Jenny J Lee. The US is unquestionably the global leader when it comes to international higher education. The Institute of International Education recently reported another growth year for international students in US colleges and universities, leading the world in attracting cross-border students. Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

Recruiting international students in a virtual world

By Gavin Newman. Traditionally, universities deliver an open day with faculty heads and staff attending to deliver a wide range of content over the course of a day. However, in an increasingly competitive market, many British universities are facing a growing challenge to attract prospective students while minimising costs. Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

Sleepwalking towards university privatisation

By Stephen Parker. These reforms are unfair to students and poorly designed policy. If they go through, Australia is sleepwalking towards the privatisation of its universities. And ironically they will be the death knell of our peak group, Universities Australia, which could not survive them for long. Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

The no-longer public university

By Roger King. The notion of public-private partnerships is becoming less easy to define in higher education. What people have long regarded as a public body – universities, for example – turns out to be anything but. Read more...

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7 décembre 2014

Satellite state turns to higher education

By Lucy Hodges. Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice once described Belarus as Europe’s “last true dictatorship”. Now, almost 10 years later, the country remains unashamedly authoritarian. Read more...

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