Brazil
Pharma Letter - Brazil's CAPES joins forces with Sanofi to provide scholarship students with training in research centers abroad
Brazil’s Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and French drug major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) have established a partnership under the Science without Borders program, that will allow Brazilian researchers holding a PhD to receive training in international research centers and will also provide trainee positions abroad to undergraduate and PhD students, in subsidiaries of the company.
The Scotsman - Edinburgh University opens Brazil office
THERE aren’t many similarities between Scotland’s Capital and Brazil’s largest city. But Edinburgh University is looking to bring a little samba spirit to the Capital after adding to its “longstanding links” with Latin America by opening a liaison office in São Paulo, Brazil.
University World News - Universities are trying to woo Northern students
Latin American universities are taking steps to attract English-speaking students who may have ignored the region previously, by offering more courses in English and seeking accreditation in the United States.
The PIE News - Chilean language website eyes Brazil expansion
At a time when open-access learning, technology and social networks are combining to shape international education, the online language service Poliglota has caught the eye of governments and investors.
University World News - Brazil’s academic capitalism vs Venezuela’s populism
Latin America is beginning to fall into two distinct higher education camps, with some countries pursuing ‘academic capitalism’ – including collaborations with rich countries of the North rather than within the region – and other countries preferring a more populist route, an international higher education conference heard this week.
The Guardian - Can Latin American higher education go global without English?
Latin American universities need to encourage more widespread use of English language to boost their global recruitment and research, argues Leandro Tessler
Thomson Reuters - BRICK Report, Global Research Report
The report, “Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea,” tracks global research publications, R&D spend and patent filings over a 10-year period to gauge benchmarks of economic innovation in the BRICK countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Korea.
USC News - USC delegation to open university’s 8th international office in São Paulo
USC President C. L. Max Nikias is leading a delegation of deans and trustees this week to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, where USC will open its eighth international office. This move will place USC among a small number of prestigious U.S. universities with offices in and official ties to Brazil, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard and Columbia universities.
MiamiHerald.com - Brazil should stop being self-absorbed giant
Brazil, South America’s biggest country, may become a global economic super-star in the future, but it will have to stop being an inward-looking giant.
University World News - New Latin American HE book hopes to build bridges
The Institute of International Education (IIE) in the United States has published a book that explores the policies, institutions and programmes that have helped transform the Latin American higher education landscape over the past three decades.
Voice of Russia - Medvedev's Latin America tour: Russia, Brazil ramp up trust
Education programs was one of the iddues on the agenda of a two-day visit to Brazil by Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The PIE News - USA: IIE to run STEM fairs in Latin America
The Institute of international Education (IIE) has launched a series of university fairs in Latin America to help science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students connect with US universities. The fairs will be held in America’s top student markets in Latin America: Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
The PIE News - STB shares secrets of Brazilian ELT market
In order to capture the huge English language market in Brazil, schools and agencies must be prepared to offer bespoke, innovative programmes for two distinct groups of clientele, the leading Brazilian agency Student Travel Bureau (STB) has claimed.
The PIE News - Macmillan invests in Brazilian ed-tech ventures
Online education in Brazil got a boost last week as Digital Education, a division of international education publishing giant Macmillan, announced investments in two technology-led businesses, Veduca and Easyaula.
Open Equal Free - European University Scholarships for Indigenous Students in Latin America
The Preciosa Project of the European Commission offers a unique opportunity to Latin American indigenous students: 35 scholarships to study Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in European Universities in the fields of Information Science, Engineering, Law, Agriculture, Urban Planning, Business Administration, and Geology, among others.
Telegram - Brazil's economy of extremes
I recently returned from Brazil, and while observing the hustle and bustle of Rio's international airport, busier than ever, it dawned on me that Brazil has much to be proud of.
IIE - Latin America's New Knowledge Economy
The last few decades have been a time of impressive growth and change for higher education in Latin America. Latin America's New Knowledge Economy reviews the policies, institutions, and programs that helped bring about these changes, as well as their outcomes in terms of access, workforce training, and research.
University of Delaware - Brazil English Teachers Program
UD is one of 18 universities across 15 states to be selected for the Brazil English Teachers Program, which will bring more than 1,000 teachers per year to the U.S. for intensive English language and teacher training over the next three years.
Eprop - Student accommodation market attracts investors internationally
Aengus Investment Properties expands internationally as emerging market student accommodation attracts investors' attention.
GW Hatchet - Study abroad office eyes Latin America for expansion
As offers to partner with Latin American colleges pour in, US-based George Washington University's study abroad office has targeted the booming region as its next area of growth.
Illinois State University - Illinois State hosts Brazilian teachers for professional development
Illinois State University is one of 18 universities in the United States hosting Brazilian teachers though a program co-sponsored by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
ICTMN.com - Indigenous Latin Americans eligible for EU scholarships
The Preciosa Project of the European Commission is recruiting indigenous Latin American students to apply for 35 available scholarships to various European universities as part of a larger effort to establish joint diploma programs between Europe and Latin America.
SciDev.Net - Latin American research publications rising fast
Latin American scientists are producing more scientific papers and having those papers cited more widely, according to a recent study.
EPW - The Prospects for the BRICs: The New Academic Superpowers?
Brazil, Russia, India and China - the BRIC countries - show impressive growth in their higher education systems and promise to expand and improve them in the coming decades. Yet, it is by no means assured that they will achieve the academic prominence that is more likely in the economic or political spheres. Each faces significant challenges. This essay analyses some of the systemic factors that affect higher education in the BRICs and also the central prerequisite for academic development and excellence - the academic profession.
Knowledge Wharton - Education in Brazil: Can the Public Sector Keep Up with the Emerging Middle Class?
How much can Brazil grow? For any economist studying the country, this is the key question. Brazil has demography on its side, but how does this booming economy remain on its growth path and continue to bring more Brazilians into the nova classe media (emerging middle class)?
Invest in Brazil - CAPES signs agreement on Irish participation in Science without Borders
On December 14, the President of CAPES signed an agreement that includes the participation of Irish higher education institutions in the Science without Borders program (CsF). The document provides for the initial offering of up to 1,000 scholarships per year in undergraduate sandwich programs.
The PIE News - UK toasts first term of Science without Borders
In the UK the brazilian Science without Borders programme is run by the UK HE International Unit on behalf of Universities UK, and it has enjoyed considerable success since its launch this year with over 500 undergraduates placed at 71 UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in September 2012.
Times Higher Education - Boom times and golden goals
All eyes are on Brazil's academy and its rising research output, generous funding and willingness to team up internationally in a bid to become a major player. Elizabeth Gibney reports from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
The Guardian - Lessons from the Brics, part I: can Brazil and China keep growing?
Millions of people emerged from poverty in the last decade but inequality, slow growth and poor investment threaten those gains
Webwire - Brazilian Government and University embark on sports science partnership
The University of Birmingham has signed a sports science based agreement with the Brazilian Government this month.