International Universities shouldn’t be playing the global rankings game | The ranking system is based on a snapshot of institutional performance in a given year. It’s a zero-sum game: a gain by one institution is necessarily a loss by another. And as Chris Brink, a former university vice-chancellor, shows, theContinue Reading
International The making of university rankings – Has anything changed? | With the academic year now in full swing, and most university rankings published – the latest being the US News and World Report’s 2019 Best Global Universities ranking on 30 October – higher education leaders around the world areContinue Reading
International How artificial intelligence and virtual reality are changing higher ed instruction | Virtual and augmented reality tools can provide students with experiences that would be otherwise too expensive or even impossible to replicate in the real world, from exploring the inside of a cell to traversing faraway planets, saidContinue Reading
International Brazil’s public universities are in crisis | Funded by the state of Rio de Janeiro rather than the federal government, [Federal University of Rio de Janeiro] is one of numerous local public services hit with a crisis caused by falling oil prices coupled with widespread corruption. In recent years,Continue Reading
International Unions reject fee hike proposal as government backtracks | With Nigerian higher education institutions in the grip of a funding crisis, teacher and student unions rejected a recent proposal by a government commission to hike fees – calling it “outrageous”, as it would bar disadvantaged students from attaining qualificationsContinue Reading
