Call for management reshuffle at universities
Noted educationist Dr Akbar Ali Khan has called for a reshuffle in the administration of all universities in Bangladesh, aiming to stop any repeat of the brutal incident in Bangladesh University o …
Record numbers of students, but no government funding rise
A record number of over 300,000 bachelor and masters degree students enrolled at Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences for the 2019-20 academic year, according to preliminary fig …
New Zealand universities face fines after dormitory death
New Zealand universities and dorm accommodation providers were told on 15 October they could face hefty fines following a gruesome case in which a student’s decomposing body lay undetected in his …
Survey reveals disturbing results on campus sexual violence
About one quarter of undergraduate women say they’ve been sexually assaulted, according to a disturbing new national survey in the United States, which found that at one institution, the Universit …
Academics criticise ‘harassment’ of university whistleblower
Academics from across the globe have condemned Murdoch University’s treatment of a whistleblower who spoke out about international student exploitation, saying they are “appalled” at what they see …
Learned society pilots transitional open access deal
The Microbiology Society has become the first small learned society publisher to strike a transitional open access deal through Jis …
Russian citizenship for foreign students who graduate
The government plans to open up Russian citizenship to many foreign students after graduation and ease restrictions on side jobs for foreign students studying in Russia.
In addition, the quota …
Quality doctoral programmes are vital for development
Ghana’s National Accreditation Board was established in 1993 by the government of Ghana for four primary purposes.
One is giving official quality approval to both public and private tertiary e …
Nigerian students caught in political, economic crossfire
Nigerian students in Benin are at the receiving end of an unstable economic situation and fractured political relations between the two neighbours. Three weeks after the Seme-Krake international b …
Justice minister resigns as admissions scandal widens
South Korea’s embattled justice minister, Cho Kuk, has resigned just 35 days after he was appointed to the ministerial post amid an outcry over alleged admissions favours for his daughter and the …