By Jane Knight. The term ‘knowledge diplomacy’ is becoming increasingly popular and is being used in different ways. This is causing some confusion. More...By Jonathan Nicholls. With plans afoot for the United Kingdom government to review higher education funding, speculation is growing about the recommendations that might result. Could discounted or otherwise incentivised courses be the answer. More...By Anamika Srivastava. The debate around developing ‘world-class universities’ in India often involves benchmarking top Indian universities against the best in the world, which are generally regarded to be Anglo-American universities. However, in recent years, Asia has emerged as a breeding ground for some of the world’s top universities. More...By Francis Kokutse. Some investors in private universities are cutting corners by not maintaining quality assurance levels, short-circuiting official quality assurance bodies and procedures and generally giving a bad name to the sector. But there are exceptions, according to the acting chairman of Ghana's Council of Independent Universities. More...By Mimi Leung. The president-to-be of Taiwan’s top higher education institution, National Taiwan University (NTU), has been unable so far to take up his post amid a controversy over a conflict of interest with a private company and allegations of plagiarism, as lawmakers sought to block his appointment. More...By Wagdy Sawahel. A nation-wide union of university staff has been established to represent both academic and non-academic employees. The move comes in the wake of discontent over the passing last year of the 2016 University Law, which university staff believe does not serve their interests. More...By Yojana Sharma and Shafigeh Shirazi. The family of Kavous Seyed Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic and environmental activist who died in an Iranian jail in early February, has queried the official Iranian version that he committed suicide in jail and is demanding an independent investigation into the case. More...By Sam Otieno. African universities have been urged to foster gender equality, parity and mentoring of girls and early career women scientists in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), in order to facilitate economic transformation and other developmental challenges affecting the East African region. More...By Ameen Amjad Khan. On 9 February Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the high courts to decide the long-pending cases against employees of the Karachi-based firm Axact – several of whom are charged with massive global fake degree fraud – within three weeks after hearing that fake degrees are still being sold. The cases have been pending for two years and eight months. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. Together with its partners, Utrecht University has made plans to tackle 14 key societal challenges, for which purpose it will allocate €26 million (US$32 million) over the next four years. Fourteen multidisciplinary hubs were selected by the university board after an application round with intense discussions on strategic priorities. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
