What Chinese investment means for African higher education
There is no doubt that China means business in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Tennessee passes bill to stop funding university diversity office
Last week, both the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill to cut the entire $436,000 (£301,000) state appropriation for an office at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville that promotes diversity at the state's flagship university.
How to make a success of crowdfunding your next book
Although the term made it into dictionaries only in 2014, crowdfunding is big business. In 2013, more than $5 billion (£3.5 billion) was raised worldwide, with millions of people pitching in to fund everything from video games to drones.
Is China’s ‘Neo-Maoist’ higher education gaining ground?
Hao Da Xue – literally “good university” in Chinese – is no ordinary online education provider.
Graduate debt ‘higher in England than in US’
English graduates face higher debts than their counterparts in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the rest of the UK, according to a Sutton Trust report.
Barack Obama free community college plan backed by $100m funding
Barack Obama’s $100 million (£68.6 million) in grants to help make community college free sends a “key economic message” to young Americans that they will need some form of tertiary education to secure jobs
Why are sandwich courses seeing a resurgence?
Year after year, graduate recruiters emphasise the weight a good work placement carries in the hiring process.
University of Glasgow economics lecturer move sparks row
Decision to move senior lecturer off core module raises further concerns about economics teaching in universities
Germany and Malaysia ‘top performers’ for internationalisation
Germany and Malaysia have been singled out as the best performers in major British Council research that looks at national policies on openness to international higher education.
Barcelona rising
A growing research institute -- operating outside Spain's standard higher education regulations -- attracts foreign talent in a city seeing increased prominence in higher education.
