By . A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said. A student will now sit on the Goldsmiths, University of London, remuneration committee that decides the pay level of the warden, currently Patrick Loughrey, and other senior staff. More...
By . The government has announced four new University Enterprise Zones that will be set up across the country. Bradford, Bristol, Nottingham and Liverpool are the sites for the first zones which will provide a focus for increasing interaction between universities and business. More...
By . Graduate employment rates have risen for a second successive year, but are still yet to reach pre-recession levels, new figures show. According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, 92.1 per cent of university leavers were in employment or further study six months after graduating in 2012-13, up from 90.8 per cent in the previous year. More...
By . Eight out of 10 prospective Tory MPs think the government should not target international students in the drive to reduce net migration. The finding comes in a survey of Conservative candidates for the 2015 general election – excluding sitting MPs – by the Higher Education Policy Institute. More...
By Jonathan Thon. In 2010 the federal government of Canada established an Expert Panel on Federal Support to Research and Development to provide advice on maximizing the effectiveness of federal support for basic research. To sustain the current level of prosperity Canada enjoys among first-world nations and maintain competitiveness in an increasingly challenging global context, the report specifies that significant advances are necessary in areas such as advanced materials, health, environmental sciences, and information and communications technologies (collectively classified as “high technology”). Read more...
By Melonie Fullick. In a recent Chronicle Of Higher Ed article Dr. David M. Perry asked the question, “but does it count”? with regards to public engagement in academe. Perry argues that while there’s a perception that academics don’t communicate with non-expert publics, in fact they’re doing this kind of work all the time. What we really need, therefore, is a means of formal recognition for public work within the tenure and promotion system. Read more...
By Jock Finlayson. Finlayson is executive vice-president of the Business Council of British Columbia.
In a recent interview, Stephen Toope, the outgoing president of the University of British Columbia, touched on a number of the challenges facing Canadian universities, including rising student expectations, a growing desire by governments and employers to ensure that post-secondary graduates are "job-ready," and heightened international competition for topranked faculty and graduate students. More...
Sri Lanka Ministry of Higher Education has taken steps to network the entire higher education system of the country through a cloud based, web enabled management information system.
The computer system is to work under nine modules. They are student information and education, human resources and management, supply and facilities, accounts and finance, inventory control, fixed assets, payroll, library management and students' self-defense. More...
By Dong Nguyen. Alan Kerzner, an American marketing consultant and a professor of marketing, consulting and leadership skills at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, spoke with Vietnamese students at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on “How to Succeed in the U.S.” on June 26.
With 30 years of experience in the business industry, Prof. Kerzner has worked with famous global brands like Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. More...
By . The problems look different from inside the classroom.
Outgoing University of British Columbia president Stephen Toope has shared what he sees as five challenges facing today’s universities. Many of the issues he identifies, it seems to me, are important and need to be addressed. His point about preventing universities from becoming glorified trade schools—or, I would say, inglorious business schools—is well taken. More...
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