International One Belt One Road towards a China-led HE area? | As China includes higher education, science and research in the mix of its massive One Belt One Road (OBOR) infrastructure and trade project with Asia, Europe, the Middle East and East Africa, a China-dominated global higher education area couldContinue Reading
International Teaching excellence ratings by subject announced | The [UK] government is extending its new system of rating teaching excellence and exposing poor quality teaching in universities to enable potential students to compare the ratings by subject, in addition to by the university as a whole. Experts’ committee unveils higherContinue Reading
International Foregrounding the public good benefits of university study | [R]regardless of whether higher education is understood to be an economic driver or a means of credentialing skills, putting economic advancement as the main purpose of higher education is an inadequate conception of its significance. Perhaps more useful is toContinue Reading
International Minister looking for a revolution in accountability | A week after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced a year-long review of tertiary education, Sam Gyimah, the new universities minister, signalled that the government is committed to maintaining a funding system that relies on allowing universities to charge high tuitionContinue Reading
International Government seeks grand conversation on education reform | Universities New Zealand Executive Director Chris Whelan said for the country’s eight universities the most important issue continues to be that they are underfunded for the tuition they provide to students. New Zealand’s funding for universities lags behind the OECD average,Continue Reading
