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16 mars 2018

Russell Group reports fall in European PhD applications

Early figures from the Russell Group universities reveal a 9% fall in non-British European Union students starting postgraduate research courses in 2017-18, compared with last year – a big concern in universities that rely on European talent, writes Anna Fazackerley for The GuardianMore...
16 mars 2018

Campus free speech – Challenges for rights and values

Over the last few years, many campuses have become embroiled in free speech controversies. From cancelled speakers to physical fights, it seems that no post-secondary institution is safe from this new phase of the culture wars. More...
16 mars 2018

Pan African University issues call for new students

The Pan African University (PAU), a postgraduate training and research network of university nodes supported by the African Union, has issued a call for applications to its masters and doctoral programmes, offered across its four institutes on the continent. More...
16 mars 2018

African Union launches call for research grant proposals

The 2018 call is focused on research in food, nutrition security and sustainable agriculture, and is targeted at scientists and researchers working in national or regional research, or technological organisations or networks, including those working in universities. More...
16 mars 2018

Students strike after being refused masters degree entry

Students who have completed their first degree but have not been selected to continue for a master’s course have gone on strike in the faculty of arts and human sciences of the country’s leading university, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD). More...
16 mars 2018

French HE institutions open campuses in Africa

A growing number of French grandes écoles and business schools are opening campuses in Africa, as the number of students on the continent is forecast to increase by 22 million by 2030, from eight million at present. More...
16 mars 2018

What do the latest subject rankings mean for India?

By Anand Kulkarni. With the latest QS subject rankings just published, it is a good time to consider the performance of India, one of the emerging economic powerhouses and one of the largest countries in the world for higher education. More...
16 mars 2018

Universities under attack for their corporate culture

By Roger Brown. In more than 30 years’ experience of UK higher education, I cannot recall a period in which universities have been under such strong and sustained public and media attack. More...
16 mars 2018

The closing of China will affect universities worldwide

By Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit. The news that China’s constitution will be amended so that Xi Jinping can be president beyond his current second term is only the latest indication of fundamental political change taking place. Experts have noted that President Xi has amassed the most power since Mao Zedong and seeks long-term authority to carry out his policies. More...
16 mars 2018

In a fight against depression, UCLA relies on technology

By Bianca Quilantan, The Chronicle of Higher Education. In what amounts to a research moonshot, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to "cut the burden of depression in half" by 2050 and to eliminate it by the end of the century. But before the university starts treating the world, it’s begun treating its own students. More...
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