Germany
Inside Higher Ed - Academics in Germany rebel against rankings system
The Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) is responsible for what is arguably Germany's best-known university ranking system.
DAAD - Von der Grundsteinlegung zum Lehrbetrieb: Fortschritte bei der ''Türkisch-Deutschen Universität''
Die Mitgliederversammlung des Konsortiums der Türkisch-Deutschen Universität (K-TDU) wählte Frau Prof. Rita Süssmuth für weitere drei Jahre zur Präsidentin. Mit der Aufnahme der TU Cottbus, der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig und der SRH Hochschule Berlin umfasst das deutsche Konsortium nun 30 Mitglieder. Die Mitgliederversammlung des Konsortiums der Türkisch-Deutschen Universität (K-TDU) wählte Frau Prof. Rita Süssmuth für weitere drei Jahre zur Präsidentin. Mit der Aufnahme der TU Cottbus, der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig und der SRH Hochschule Berlin umfasst das deutsche Konsortium nun 30 Mitglieder.
DAAD - Mehr Studierende als je zuvor mit Erasmus mobil
Das ERASMUS-Programm der Europäischen Union schreibt auch in Zeiten der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise Rekordzahlen.
TechCrunch - Berlin-Based iversity Relaunches As MOOCs Platform, Sets Its Sights On Becoming The Coursera Of Europe
The fast expanding universe of MOOCs has a new addition. Berlin-based startup iversity, founded in 2011 to offer online collaboration tools for learning management, has relaunched itself as a platform for massive open online courses.
DAAD - Gelebte Internationalität : DAAD-Treffen in Göttingen
Mit mehreren Begrüßungstreffen heißt der DAAD alljährlich deutschlandweit seine Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten willkommen. Knapp 150 von ihnen kamen nun in der Aula der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen zusammen - und zeigten somit auch beispielhaft und ganz konkret, wie der DAAD Austausch fördert.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - High-Profile Plagiarism Prompts Soul-Searching in German Universities
Rarely do political scandal and academe collide so publicly as they have now, in Europe. In February, Germany's education minister stepped down after Heinrich Heine University, in Düsseldorf, revoked her doctorate because her thesis lifted passages from other sources without proper attribution.
DNA India - More engagement, student exchanges needed with Indian youth
Emphasising the need for better engagement with Indian youth, who comprise nearly half of the country's population, the envoys of four leading developed countries on Saturday pushed for greater student exchange programmes with India.
New Straits Times - UMP ties up with Reutlingen University on business engineering degree
Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) is now offering a dual-degree programme in business engineering between UMP and Reutlingen University (RU), the first of its kind in Malaysia.
The PIE News - French, German gains ground on English in SALTA survey
English language study has lost ground to the French language learning market according to the annual survey by association, SALTA, whose members represent many of the largest study travel agencies in the country.
The PIE News - German unis receive €1m for internationalisation
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research have come together to provide the largest offering of funding to German universities to strengthen their collaboration with institutions abroad.
Expat Forum - Germany facing acute shortage of skilled workers as it is seen as too strict on immigration
Germany is facing an acute shortage of highly skilled workers but professionals are often unwilling to move as they regard the country as being too strict on immigrants, according to a new report. The study from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development actually found that Germany has some of the lowest barriers to immigration, especially for university graduated.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - BMWs, Beer, and Education: Why Germany Makes University Know-How a Key Export
Governments have long used higher education as a means for building relationships with foreign nations.
report-k.de - Schavan tritt zurück - Wanka wird Nachfolgerin
Soeben hat in Berlin Annette Schavan ihren Rücktritt erklärt. Die scheidende niedersächsische Wissenschaftsministerin Johanna Wanka (CDU) wird neue Bundesbildungsministerin
The Local - Schavan resigns amid plagiarism affair
Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a major political blow less than eight months before Germany's general election, when her education minister, a close ally, resigned on Saturday over plagiarism allegations.
Global Talent Strategy - OECD urges Germany to take in more migrant workers
Germany will need a big increase in skilled immigrant labour in coming years, from both inside and outside the European Union, to make up for the ageing of its workforce, the OECD said on Monday.
Emirates News Agency - Abu Dhabi and Berlin to boost higher education partnership
Higher education institutions in Abu Dhabi and Berlin will maintain greater academic cooperation to carry out initiatives in higher education and scientific research.
DAAD - Neues Programm für internationale Kooperationen deutscher Hochschulen
Bis zu 250.000 Euro jährlich können Hochschulen aus einem neuen DAAD-Programm erhalten, um ihr internationales Profil zu stärken.
The Local - English uni would attract best brains to Berlin
Despite the global hype, Berlin can still be a provincial place – especially in higher education. Which is why one of the city's universities should switch to English in order to attract the skilled workers Germany so desperately needs, argues Der Tagesspiegel's Markus Hesselmann.
Lausitzer Rundschau - Deutsch-Russische Uni geplant
Deutschland und Russland wollen Rohstoffexperten künftig an einer gemeinsamen Universität ausbilden. Noch in diesem Jahr soll dazu eine Absichtserklärung unterzeichnet werden, teilte der Rektor der Freiberger Bergakademie, Prof. Bernd Meyer, am Mittwoch mit.
The Daily Pincetonian - With Humboldt University arrangement, Princeton now has strategic partnerships on 3 continents
The University has finalized a strategic partnership with Humboldt University in Berlin that will promote international research and teaching initiatives between the two institutions.
New York Times - German University Builds Bridge to Eastern Europe
On an autumn night, 25 people stood around a square in Slubice, a small Polish town across the Oder River from Germany, practicing their Polish. After rehearsing how to introduce themselves by name, they went around in the circle, the men practicing to say “Jestem Niemcem” while the women of the group learned “Jestem Niemka,” which means “I am German.”
New York Times - University Life in the Former East Germany
With more than 2.2 million students studying in its universities and other post-secondary institutions, the German higher education system is one of Europe’s biggest. It is also unique in that it continues to be comparatively well funded, despite Europe’s financial troubles.
Telegraph - Why British students are heading to Germany
German universities offer tuition in English and demand low (or no) fees. Is it any wonder more and more British students are signing up?
Hindustan Times - Ranks of Indian students in Germany grow by 70%
An increase of 70% has been witnessed in enrolment of Indian students at German education institutions since the academic year 2008, according to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The Local - Grade inflation blows up German universities
Germans might fear inflation of the economic variety, but grade inflation has become rampant in the academic world.
DAAD - Auszeichnung für vorbildliche Betreuung ausländischer Studierender
Die Universität Bremen ist ''Internationale Hochschule 2012''. ''Für uns war entscheidend, inwieweit die Hochschule als Ganze die Idee lebt, ihre internationalen wie auch ihre deutschen Studierenden während der Ausbildung zu begleiten und auf ihren weiteren Lebensweg effektiv vorzubereiten''.
BMBF - Forschungsausgaben steigen auf historischen Rekordwert
2,9 Prozent des Bruttoinlandsproduktes sind 2011 in Forschung und Entwicklung geflossen / Schavan: "Viele zukunftssichere Arbeitsplätze geschaffen"
NBC News - In eurozone crisis, Germany benefits from its apprentices
Following 12 years of elementary- and high-school education in Germany, 22-year-old Sabrina Kleinsorg had to make a decision for her professional career two years ago.
University World News - Islamic centres to promote inter-religious dialogue
A Centre for Islamic Studies has been opened at the universities of Münster and Osnabrück. It is the latest of four such institutions in Germany, the others having commenced activities over the past two years.
Wissenschaftsrat - Notengebung an Hochschulen muss transparenter werden | Wissenschaftsrat kommentiert dritten Arbeitsbericht zur Analyse der Prüfungsnoten
Der Durchschnitt der Prüfungsnoten an deutschen Hochschulen weist je nach Studienfach, Hochschule und Abschluss nach wie vor große Unterschiede auf. „Mit welcher Note ein Studium abgeschlossen wird, hängt in Deutschland nicht nur von der Prüfungsleistung ab, sondern auch davon, was und wo man studiert“, erklärt der Vorsitzende des Wissenschaftsrates, Professor Wolfgang Marquardt, zum heute veröffentlichten Arbeitsbericht für das Prüfungsjahr 2010. Dies bestätigt frühere Analysen der Geschäftsstelle des Wissenschaftsrates.