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14 mai 2018

Radical shake-up to boost quality in higher education

By Christabel Ligami. As part of a broad set of recommended changes to higher education aimed at raising quality, all PhD holders admitted via executive masters degrees will no longer be eligible to teach at universities in Kenya. More...
14 mai 2018

Roadmap for corruption-free higher education proposed

By Wagdy Sawahel. Corruption is spreading across most of the public Ukrainian universities, particularly education and administrative corruptions, due to low academic salaries, low motivation of students to prepare for exams, lack of law enforcement and punishment mechanisms and a corruption-prone culture, according to a new report. More...
14 mai 2018

Global ambition behind Beijing’s bid to boost AI talent

By Yojana Sharma. China has initiated a multi-pronged effort to swiftly boost the training of artificial intelligence (AI) talent and AI research within its universities in order to prop up its ambitious plans for ‘global dominance’ in AI, backed by a huge injection of central government funding. More...
14 mai 2018

Co-operation for HE access using new modes of learning

By Kirk Perris. An oft-cited figure from a 2015 UNESCO statement stipulates that higher education demand is forecasted to swell to 414 million prospective learners by 2030. The scenario of building large, new institutions each week to accommodate such demand clearly won’t happen. Nor will the scenario of doubling the number of students on existing campuses. More...
14 mai 2018

Time to innovate and revitalise the Bologna Process

By Peter van der Hijden. The upcoming Paris Ministerial Conference is a unique occasion to revitalise the Bologna Process and to use its appeal to point at new directions, areas where action is most needed to serve society and strengthen the position of European higher education worldwide. There are three areas of action where I believe good progress can be made. More...
14 mai 2018

The benefits and risks of HE internationalisation

By Futao Huang and Tsukasa Daizen. It is generally acknowledged that internationalisation of higher education results in both benefits and risks. Despite incredible difficulties in foreseeing the future of internationalisation, it is clear that both United States President Donald Trump’s policy and the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union will produce a great deal of uncertainty for internationalisation of higher education, not only in the US and the UK, but also other continents and countries. More...
14 mai 2018

Internationalisation of HE through distance learning

By Rosie Birchard. Over recent decades, the international dimension of higher education has become an essential part of the agenda of higher education institutions and governments all over the world. While countries compete with each other to host international students, supranational organisations, such as the OECD and UNESCO, compare the numbers of international students in several countries in order to shed light on the level of internationalisation of different higher education systems. More...
14 mai 2018

Why accommodation is a key barrier to studying abroad

By Rosie Birchard. The benefits of study abroad have long been known – the positive impact is so widely accepted that the European Union is currently working towards the ambitious target of having 20% of all students enjoy a mobility experience. More...
14 mai 2018

Academics strike over freedom of speech

By Geoff Maslen. The University of Melbourne faced a strike by members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last Wednesday over claims the university intended to remove current academic and intellectual freedom protections. More...
14 mai 2018

Local satellite opens new frontiers for universities

By Gilbert Nganga. A recently launched satellite developed by students and researchers from the University of Nairobi marks Kenya’s most ambitious venture into space science, a field dominated largely by Western and Asian powers. More...
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