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By Michael Fitzpatrick. Japan’s simultaneous embrace of nationalism and cosmopolitanism is generating ambiguous signals from its education policy makers. They are rewriting textbooks along what they call “patriotic” lines, alienating their Asian neighbors in the process. But at the same time, they are promoting Japanese universities as globalized and open, in a bid to compete internationally. More...

So much for carefree campus life - a new study shows nearly half of Victoria University students are an unhappy bunch.
A survey of 5000 students revealed 45 per cent had poor to very poor emotional well-being - feeling depressed or unhappy - a sharp rise from 36 per cent last year.
Student Association welfare vice president Rick Zwaan said the results showed students feel alienated. More...

More and more Greeks are moving to Germany to complete their university studies in the hope of improving their chances in the job market. Radical cuts continue to threaten the quality of teaching in Greece.
Despite the quality of degrees in their homeland, an increasing number of Greek students are moving abroad to study. In Germany alone, between 2012 and 2013, the number of Greek students rose by 13 percent. In 2012, Germany's Federal Statistical Office totaled almost 6,000 Greek students, of which more than 1,100 had directly begun their studies in Germany. More...

By Gauri Kohli. The human resource development ministry has proposed the formation of a committee that will work on developing a framework for India-specific rankings. “Indian universities (and colleges) will be ranked in comparison with peer universities/colleges. Foreign universities/colleges will be included in this. The parameters and factors will be selected based on what is relevant for bachelor’s and master’s programmes, research programmes, and for different disciplines such as sciences, engineering, medicine, law, liberal arts, fine arts, etc. The Indian ranking system is proposed to be ready by next academic year,” says Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director, IIT Madras. More...

GaucheChina's top education authorities have approved new regulations for nine top universities, which seek to increase the schools' autonomy, while observers have expressed concern about their effectiveness.
The nine universities include the country's top two universities, Peking University and Tsinghua University, the Ministry of Education announced on its website on Wednesday, adding that the newly established regulations will help the systematic reform of higher education and aid academic development.
Since 2013, a total of 32 universities have already seen their new regulations, which were drafted by the universities themselves, approved by the authorities. More...

By Quentin Fottrell. American students borrow twice as much as they did two decades ago and the total student debt mountain has increased fourfold over that period. And women appear to be taking on more debt than their male counterparts.
The amount a typical borrower owes has more than doubled over the last 20 years, according to new analysis of government data (pdf) — “The Changing Profile of Student Borrowers” — by the non-profit Pew Research Center. In 2012, students carried a median loan amount of $26,885 versus $12,434 two decades ago. More...

Belarus is ready to train more students from Turkmenistan and provide accommodation for them. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement at the meeting with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on 8 October, BelTA has learned.
“The Turkmen side would like to expand the presence of its students here particularly in view of the events in Ukraine. We have to do as much as we can,” the Belarusian leader said during the expanded participation negotiations. More...

By Myra Imran. The academic circles on Monday welcomed the promulgation of an ordinance by the Punjab governor that provides for the creation of a Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Punjab for the regulation of provincial universities.
The news that went unnoticed in media is considered to be a turning point for higher education sector in the province. The Punjab Higher Education Commission has now been authorised to regulate funding of the universities in the province, and to also select their vice chancellors. More...