Higher education in the United Arab Emirates has expanded rapidly since the founding of the United Arab Emirates University in 1976. There are now over one hundred institutions of higher education with about 140,000 students. Three universities are now ranked in the world’s top 500 by QS and one by Times Higher Education. The Emirates also host branch campuses of famous schools such as New York University, Curtin University, the London Business School, and the Sorbonne. More...
The pilot version of the Three Missions University Ranking, also known as the Moscow International University Ranking, is a project sponsored by the Russian Union of Rectors and run by the Association of Rating Makers, which includes Expert RA, VCIOM, Reputatsiya and others. Ranking initiative has been supported by leading universities of Russia, China, India, Iran, Japan, and Turkey. More...
The US business publisher,Kiplinger,has published its Best College Values rankings. These are based on the economic value of a college education and include the criteria of quality (55%) and cost (45%). More...
Europe has always been a continent of diversity. Migration has always been an integral part of its history. At the 2017 Internet Governance Forum (@intgovforum, 17-21 December in Geneva), the Council of Europe contributes to a high-level panel tackling the effects of digitized information on politics, public trust and democracy – and will stress the importance of sustained digital literacy to counter any negative effects. More...The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and UN Women agreed on the global action to combat violence against women. These institutions reaffirmed today their full commitment to eliminate gender based violence and discussed the way forward for a coordinated action. More...As part of the Gender Equality Tour de France, the French Minister for European Affairs, Nathalie Loiseau, and the State Secretary with responsibility for gender equality, Marlène Schiappa, will be discussing equality between men and women with 300 students and young people following vocational training on Wednesday 13 December at the Council of Europe (Strasbourg). More...The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) has published today a new report assessing the implementation by Armenia of its earlier recommendations on preventing corruption in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.“This year once again women in Europe effectively worked without pay during the last two months in comparison to men. In addition they continued to face underrepresentation in decision-making bodies and positions. This is a gross injustice and a human rights violation. European states must tackle it much more forcefully than has been the case so far”, said today Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in his end-of-the-year statement. More...
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