International Here is How Countries Rank in Education | Globally, there has been significant progress in educational attainment over the last few decades. However, the OECD warned in a September report that data show that inequities that manifest early in life – including socio-economic status, gender, immigrant background and geographicContinue Reading
International Embracing the town and gown revolution | The myth of the ivory tower was shattered. The conference illustrated that there is no longer a zero-sum calculation between civic engagement and academic excellence. In fact, it was revealed that in the Global North the closer the co-operation and the betterContinue Reading
International In age of AI, universities will need to rethink their purpose | There are multiple challenges facing education in a future digital society. The digital university will see the rise of artificial intelligence, deep learning (machine learning), robotisation, ‘intelligent systems’ in manufacturing and ‘Industry 4.0’ strategies, sometimes called theContinue Reading
International Is internationalisation creating inequality in higher education? | If we assume that internationalisation of higher education improves the quality of education and research and if this process is undertaken only by higher education institutions that are already engaged in it and not by those that are not and areContinue Reading
International In Brexit uncertainty, universities face cash crisis as EU student numbers fall | The decline in EU student numbers, including a 9 per cent slump in postgraduates, has sparked fears that enrolments will be down across the rest of the sector which could push some universities closer to theContinue Reading
