International news
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Science|Business - TU Delft: European universities join forces in energy platform
Added on: 03 Feb 2012
On 23-24 February the European University Association will organise the inaugural event of the European Platform of Universities Engaged in Energy Research, Education and Training (EPUE). The opening event will be hosted by Delft University of... Read more
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Danish EU Presidency - The EU is one step closer to world’s largest research programme
Added on: 03 Feb 2012
Two EU Commissioners and research and innovation ministers from across the EU have gathered in Copenhagen for two days of intensive discussions and workshops that will pave the way for the world’s largest research programme, Horizon 2020, with a... Read more
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WSJ.com - Economy Slows Applications to Europe's Business Schools -
Added on: 03 Feb 2012
The European currency crisis is claiming another victim: the M.B.A student. Having spent decades building up globally competitive business schools, the Continent is finding that tough economic times are cutting into their yields. Read more
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IEWY News - Erasmus: changing lives, opening minds for 25 years
Added on: 31 Jan 2012
Erasmus, the world’s most successful student exchange programme, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Nearly three million students have benefited from a study period or work placement abroad since the creation of the Erasmus programme in... Read more
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LERU presents new advice paper on the European Research Area Framework -
Added on: 27 Jan 2012
On Monday 23 January 2012 the League of European Research Universities (LERU) presented its new paper ‘The European Research Area: Priorities for research universities’. Policy makers and stakeholders discussed the paper during a breakfast launch... Read more
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OECD educationtoday - Higher education: an insurance policy against global downturns
Added on: 27 Jan 2012
With all the economic turmoil of the past several years, have you ever wished you could buy an insurance policy to protect against the effects of a global recession? Well, such a insurance policy already exists – and it’s called higher... Read more
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ScienceGuide - How money can follow students in Europe
Added on: 27 Jan 2012
All over Europe HE-funding is hotly debated. Even the question: ‘should we pay for foreigners in our universities?’ The Dutch want so see Berlin pay, for instance. Klaus Landfried, former chairman of the German universities association, presents... Read more
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NYTimes - What You (Really) Need to Know
Added on: 25 Jan 2012
A PARADOX of American higher education is this: The expectations of leading universities do much to define what secondary schools teach, and much to establish a template for what it means to be an educated man or woman. College campuses are seen... Read more
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ROA - Which skills protect graduates against a slack labour market?
Added on: 25 Jan 2012
This paper explores the relationship between graduates’ skill levels and the risk of overeducation and unemployment in 17 European countries. We distinguish between field-specific and general skills and between two labour market segments, the... Read more
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ScienceGuide - HE competition contradicts European values
Added on: 17 Jan 2012
Policymakers all over Europe consider tying university funding to rankings and benchmarks. A Norwegian researcher criticizes that this dictate of competition “threatens to undermine the central values of the nation states of Europe.” Read more
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University World News - GLOBAL: Dynamic time for international partnerships
Added on: 16 Jan 2012
This is a dynamic moment for international academic partnerships, a time of renewed vitality and broadened scope. For many colleges and universities, such partnerships are no longer simply one tactic of internationalisation among many, but rather... Read more
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BERNAMA - EU Wants To Further Cooperate With Malaysia In Higher Education Sector
Added on: 16 Jan 2012
Commending Malaysia for having a fast growing and a "very open" higher education sector, he said the number of European universities opening up in this country is increasing. Read more
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AAAS - "Leaders at World Science Forum in Budapest Urge Coherent and Compatible Global Science Standards"
Added on: 13 Jan 2012
With humanity confronted by pressing regional and global issues, nations should align their research standards and practices to support international cooperation, scientists and policymakers agreed at the recent World Science Forum. Read more
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New York Times - Colleges Slower to Branch Out Abroad
Added on: 12 Jan 2012
After a decade of rapid growth, universities have slowed their pace of opening branch campuses abroad, and much of the activity has moved from the Middle East to the Far East, according to a survey by the Observatory on Borderless Higher... Read more
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The Chronicle of Higher Education - 'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas
Added on: 10 Jan 2012
The spread of a seemingly playful alternative to traditional diplomas, inspired by Boy Scout achievement patches and video-game power-ups, suggests that the standard certification system no longer works in today's fast-changing job market. Read more
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The Chronicle of Higher Education - 'U.S. News' Sizes Up Online-Degree Programs, Without Specifying Which Is No. 1
Added on: 10 Jan 2012
U.S. News & World Report has published its first-ever guide to online degree programs—but distance-education leaders looking to trumpet their high rankings may find it more difficult to brag about how they placed than do their colleagues at... Read more
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US News - Why U.S. News Ranks Online Education Programs
Added on: 10 Jan 2012
Why is U.S. News ranking online education programs? Because they matter and because our readers are hungry for the information. Read more
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The Chronicle of Higher Education - E-Textbooks Saved Many Students Only $1
Added on: 10 Jan 2012
Despite the promise that digital textbooks can lead to huge cost savings for students, a new study at Daytona State College has found that many who tried e-textbooks saved only one dollar, compared with their counterparts who purchased... Read more
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University World News - EUROPE: Student unrest in an era of economic crisis
Added on: 09 Jan 2012
In a year that was marked by the euro crisis, and bailouts not only of banks but also entire sovereign countries, it is not surprising that higher education in Europe has taken quite a battering. Despite widespread agreement that higher education... Read more
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ScienceGuide - International talent too expensive?
Added on: 04 Jan 2012
The Dutch government calculated that it is losing €90 million yearly on foreign students. Now, it calls upon its neighbors to step in and fund the overwhelming inflow of German students. Read more
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Inside Higher Ed - Debate over Chinese-funded institutes at American universities
Added on: 04 Jan 2012
More than 300 colleges in more than 90 countries -- including about 70 institutions in the United States -- host Confucius Institutes, centers of Chinese language and culture education and research funded by China’s government. The infusion of... Read more
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The Guardian - Higher education needs real reform, not a return to the past
Added on: 04 Jan 2012
The government's higher education reforms are anything but; they are rooted in a profoundly reactionary view of university, says Peter Scott Read more
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Associated Press - CA startup sees entrepreneur-ship as visa solution
Added on: 22 Dec 2011
You've heard of tech companies starting in a Silicon Valley garage. What about on a ship? That's the idea being floated by a California startup that wants to dock a vessel off the coast to house foreign entrepreneurs who have dreams of creating... Read more
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Higher education policy: what should we expect in 2012? | Education | The Guardian
Added on: 21 Dec 2011
David Eastwood reflects on a very political year in higher education, and suggests which direction policy might take in 2012. Read more
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University World News - GLOBAL: Plan to grow Arab-South American links
Added on: 20 Dec 2011
A three-year plan to increase higher education cooperation between 12 South American and 22 Arab countries is to start next year. The aim is to improve the quality of education in both regions, enhance cooperation and exchange of experience, and... Read more
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University World News - AFRICA: Pan-African University officially launched
Added on: 19 Dec 2011
The Pan African University was officially launched last Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, headquarters of the African Union, which has been driving the initiative. The event transformed into reality the dream of creating centres of... Read more
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University World News - GERMANY: Foreign students need special support
Added on: 20 Dec 2011
The success rate of foreign students who go on to universities in Germany after attending school there is improving, but fewer of them complete higher education than German students and many are faced with problems that require special support,... Read more
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MercoPress - Brazil sending overseas 100.000 graduates on scholarships to the best universities
Added on: 14 Dec 2011
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced the country would invest 2 billion dollars in a scholarship program to send overseas to the best world universities, 100.000 graduates. Read more
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Science - Saudi Universities Offer Cash in Exchange for Academic Prestige
Added on: 13 Dec 2011
More than 60 top-ranked researchers from different scientific disciplines—all on the Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI's) highly cited list—have recently signed part-time employment arrangements with King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah,... Read more
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University World News - EUROPE: Higher education amid financial meltdown
Added on: 12 Dec 2011
The Eurozone crisis seems to be deepening with no sign of clear solutions at the moment. Banks have been advised to make contingency plans for the collapse of the single currency if leaders cannot come up with a last-minute rescue package. "If... Read more
