Moocs are a 鈥榙istraction鈥, warns sector expert
Massive open online courses could prove a distraction to universities and cost them money, according to a consultancy that advises governments, investors and institutions on higher education issues.
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News in brief - 5 December 2013
AustraliaPlea to cut bureaucracyThe main lobbying group for universities in Australia has told the federal government鈥檚 new commission into public spending that some projects brought in under Labor...
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To cut a long story short
The new MMU Novella Award will champion a form that continues to defy definition but which, says Robert Graham, prose fiction writers love
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University of the buffer zone
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island
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Quality standards can suffer in overseas export
Examining collaborative provision in an Asian partnership left John聽Buglear doubting the fitness of such ventures
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Tough task ranking Asia's best
INMAY, the popular magazine Asiaweek in Hong Kong offered "the first listing of Asia's 50 best universities". The front cover published a photo of Tokyo University, listed as number one. Number two...
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British historian says we should 鈥榣ook beyond Europe and America鈥
Lecturer says profession should widen its global outlook
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Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released
Eastern institutions slow to make inroads into Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities table
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Obituary - Mike Morwood
An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a 鈥渉obbit鈥 in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died.Mike Morwood was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October...
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Canada overhauls icy image to woo world鈥檚 students
A new marketing drive aims to boost country鈥檚 share of students from BRICS countries
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Canada toils to bring 鈥榠ce age鈥 to an end
A new strategy seeks to inflate the country鈥檚 share of BRICS students. Jon Marcus reports
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Men in higher education: the numbers don鈥檛 look good, guys
UK women are in the majority at almost all levels of university study
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Switzerland creates science outposts in US and Asia
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 The Head of International Affairs at the Swiss Science Agency, Claudio Fischer, was in Brussels, Belgium, on 17 November to explain how and why Switzerland is creating outposts...
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Ucas stats reveal languages decline
The proportion of 18 year olds applying for non-European language degrees has fallen by more than a third in three years, according to new research
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US still sets pace despite its state flagships falling behind
Private universities will keep US system ahead of Asia for decades yet, conference hears