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14 juillet 2013

Graduate employability and the social good

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By Michael Tolentino Frederiksen and Nevena Vuksanović. Employability has to be regarded as a concept that is outside of the economic growth bubble. Higher education should not be steered by the labour market, but by the needs of society. Higher education is a human right and, as such, it must be available to everyone. The European Students’ Union, or ESU, recommends that our whole society come together with regard to higher education development. There is not only one organisation responsible for the global development of higher education. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

An anti-education Ministry of Education

By Serhiy Kvit. News about higher education in Ukraine over the past few years has been mostly about whether or not the Ministry of Education has managed to undermine the high education system again. But Ukrainian higher education still needs fundamental reforms. There is no demand in the job market for some 20% of professions offered by the education system, and 18% of higher education graduates cannot find work. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Graduate unemployment and ‘over-education’ rising

By Hiep Pham. As a new batch of graduates emerged from Vietnam’s universities in recent weeks, the country was facing twin problems of increasing unemployment among young people and a phenomenon of ‘over-education’ – graduates who fail to find jobs that use their skills. By October last year, Vietnam already had 165,000 unemployed graduates, or some 17% of the overall jobless total. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Incentives for researchers drive up publication output

By Ishmael Tongai. Stellenbosch University in South Africa is cementing its reputation as a leading research institution by rewarding its most productive researchers with handsome incentives, to boost publication rates. Several universities – and the government – are employing incentive strategies to drive up research production. Fifty awards were given out recently to 39 Stellenbosch academics who had made the biggest contribution to accredited publications in 2011. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

World-class universities key to knowledge economy plan

By Yojana Sharma. Turkey is attempting to rise from being the world’s 17th largest economy to the 10th largest within a decade – but can only break out of the ‘middle-income trap’ by becoming a knowledge economy. That means nurturing world-class universities, science and innovation and links with industry, Davut Kavranoglu, deputy minister for science, industry and technology, told a conference in Istanbul in early July. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Internationalising academic calendar tricky for Tokyo

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Bringing Japan’s academic calendar in line with universities around the world, in particular replacing the traditional April enrolment date with September or October entry, has been seen as important for internationaliaing higher education and promoting exchange opportunities for students and academics between Japan and other countries. But it is proving difficult. A Tokyo University committee was set up last year to examine how to implement the change, after the university’s President Junichi Hamada said he intended to introduce autumn enrolment by 2015. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Internationalising academic calendar tricky for Tokyo

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Bringing Japan’s academic calendar in line with universities around the world, in particular replacing the traditional April enrolment date with September or October entry, has been seen as important for internationaliaing higher education and promoting exchange opportunities for students and academics between Japan and other countries. But it is proving difficult. A Tokyo University committee was set up last year to examine how to implement the change, after the university’s President Junichi Hamada said he intended to introduce autumn enrolment by 2015. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Europe acts to ensure access for education franchises

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The European Commission has started an infringement process against Slovenia, requesting that legislation be aligned with the European Union (EU) treaty and the Service Directive in the field of education. The issue is over access to Slovenia for education franchise operations. If Slovenian authorities do not reply satisfactorily within two months, the commission may refer the case to the EU Court of Justice. Read more...

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14 juillet 2013

Apex body slammed for move to shut down 32 centres

By Alya Mishra. India’s University Grants Commission, or UGC, has come in for fierce criticism for its decision to withdraw a scheme that supports setting up and running Centres for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies in institutions across India. There are 32 centres in 24 states. The UGC, India’s apex regulatory body for universities, informed the centres – known as CSSEIPs – of their closure on 29 May, stating that they had not “taken off”.

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14 juillet 2013

New study reveals huge student visa costs to universities

By Peta Lee. The most comprehensive study yet of the UK higher education sector’s international student visa costs has revealed a complex system characterised by confusion and inconsistencies. The estimated cost to universities in 2012-13 was a whopping £66.8 million (US$87 million) – £26 million higher than the most recent estimates. Read more...

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