Sharing higher education news headlines and links from around the world
08/02/2013
Inside Higher Ed – Liberal Arts Go Dutch
University World News – DENMARK: Protest against student loan cuts intensify
The Jakarta Post – Govt to scrap university enrolment fees this year
04/02/2013
Financial Times – Business schools need to find a new role
Inside Higher Ed – Free Course, Inexpensive Exam
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Immigration-Reform Plans Offer a Path for Students
01/02/2013
University World News – SINGAPORE: Universities alliance to tap overseas opportunities
Inside Higher Ed – Finding More STEM Students
Belfast Telegraph – Record number of students apply to Northern Ireland universities
25/01/2013
University World News – Government acts to boost flagging international student recruitment
The Telegraph – British students able to study in Ivy League through online courses
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Immigrants-Rights Group Unveils a ‘Fair Common Application’
24/01/2013
BBC – Schools miss top university grades
Hindustan Times – Canada fast tracks residency for foreign students
The Australian – Demand system strikes on supply side
23/01/2013
University World News – Better planning and data needed to raise HE quality
BBC – Careers services deteriorating, MPs warn
The Australian – Change in migration list adds up to fear
22/01/2013
University World News – AUSTRALIA: Student debt balloons to A$28 billion, report reveals
Inside Higher Ed – Multinational MOOCs
English People’s Daily Online – Hungary students win dispute over tuitions fees
21/01/2013
Financial Times – Overseas MBA students fall by a fifth
The Australian – University still pays
The Telegraph – Slump in graduate jobs market hits six-in-10 ex-students
17/01/2013
Inside Higher Ed – Nowhere to Turn
The Australian – Geminder bankrolls education venture
BBC – Lowering student numbers ‘costs economy billions
16/01/2013
The Scotsman – Widening access to university may deny some students places
Inside Higher Ed – ‘Debasing the Brand’
The Australian – Denise Bradley proud of surge in numbers
14/01/2013
BBC – Leading employers to hire more new graduates in 2013, says survey
The Scotsman – Graduates flocking to retails as the number of recruits soars by 70%
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Chinese Sumer Schools Sell Quick Credits
11/01/2013
Inside Higher Ed – Priced Out
The Guardian – Non-EU postgraduates numbers in UK fall for first time in 16 years
Herald Scotland – Funding challenges that still face higher education
10/01/2013
Inside Higher Ed – A Degree Still Helps
University World News – Ariel gets university upgrade approval pending court decision
China Daily – NYU Shanghai to welcome US faculty
09/01/2013
Herald Scotland – £750,000 help Scots study in mainland Europe
The Telegraph – Tough rhetoric over ‘bogus students threatening UK universities’
Inside Higher Ed – Paying for Proof
08/01/2013
Hindustan Times – Ranks of Indian students in Germany grow by 70%
Inside Higher Ed – Growth for Online Learning
07/01/2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education – In South Korea, Foreign Professors Can Have a Hard Time Fitting In
Financial Times – Business schools face a challenging future
The Australian – Canary on the rebound?
03/01/2013
Inside Higher Ed – Conditionally Yours
The Australian – Fee lifeline floated for public servants
Daily News & Analysis – Latest is, education loans have taken a hit
20/12/2012
The Economist – Learning new lessons
China Daily – Duke Kunshan University to ‘drive innovation’ in Chinese education
Inside Higher Ed – ‘An Unthinkable Luxury’
19/12/2012
The Local.de – Grade inflation blows up German universities
The Australian – Many Indians refused study visa
The Telegraph – 90,000 warnings in four months over foreign students
18/12/2012
The Telegraph – Tough foreign student rules ‘could backfire’
Inside Higher Ed – Doctors Crossing Borders
BBC – Funding to provide 2,000 extra Scots university places
17/12/2012
The Chronicle of Higher Education -Is Admissions Tougher on Asians?
Financial Times – Business schools need to work more closely with medium-sized enterprises
The Telegraph – English students in twice as much debt as rest of UK
13/12/2012
BBC – Record fall in university places taken up, says UCAS
University World News – HONG KONG: Study abroad for Hong Kong students in China slated
WalesOnline – More Welsh students studying in England
12/12/2012
The Malaysian Insider – Ministry aims to cut new graduates unemployment
The Chronicle of Higher Education – New Platform Lets Professors Set Prices for Their Online Courses
Hindustan Times – IIT-B to offer executive MBA in tie-up with US B-school
11/12/2012
Inside Higher Ed – What Humanities Job Crisis?
The Australian – UK students eye US ivy league as fees bit
The Guardian – Student choice: what informs it most?
10/12/2012
The Australian – Culture and cash encourage study abroad
Irish Independent – New frontiers are opening up in drive to lure foreign students
Financial Times – China needs a business education revolution
07/12/2012
BBC – University personal statements ‘further disadvantage’ poor
China Daily – Business schools badly need an overhaul
University World News – SINGAPORE: Opposition, US professors weight into Yale-NUS freedom debate
06/12/2012
Inside Higher Ed – Ph.D Job Woes
The Journal of Turkish Weekly – Education Fails to Meet Demands of Employers
University World News – CHILE: Bribery and laundering charges reveal accreditation mess
05/12/2012
The Economic Times – Switzerland can help India fill ‘skill gap’, says Ambassador to India Dr Linus von Castlemur
Inside Higher Ed – Rethinking Grants and Loans
Futuregov.Asia – HK improves e-application for post-secondary education
04/12/2012
China Daily – Chinese are attracted to branded British universities
The Japan Times – Universities on rise by students in decline
The Australian – Nats also propose Colombo Plan – like student exchanges
03/12/2012
BBC – Downward mobility haunts US education
Xinhua – China, Australia to expand exchanges of students, academics
The Chronicle of Higher Education – In Oil Country, Enrollments Slow Amid a Gusher of Jobs
08/11/2012
BBC – University rich-poor divide ‘narrows’
University World News – CANADA: Country could do more to attract Indian students, says critics
Channelnewsasia – Asians boost global investment in student housing
07/11/2012
Inside Higher Ed – Four More Years
University World News – Private sector must diversify funding to raise quality and expand offerings
Herald Scotland – Teachers education plan hits stand-off over pay
06/11/2012
BBC – Apprenticeships: Reform needed for success, says MPs
University World News – INDIA: Industry picking up the slack from ‘failing’ HE – Tharoor
The Australian – India on the up as higher education market
05/11/2012
The Chronicle of Higher Education – In Booming Brazil, the University System Expands With Mixed Success
Business Standard – India lags in higher education enrolment, says report
Inside Higher Ed – Pearson’s Open Book
02/11/2012
Inside Higher Ed – U.S. Answer to Confucius Institutes
The Economic Times – What India can learn from China’s Higher Education?
The Australian – MOOCs will drive students away from degrees
01/11/2012
University World News – FRANCE: Relaunch of huge Operations Campus funding plan
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Obama’s ‘Pay as You Earn’ Plan for Student Borrowers Becomes Official
The Telegraph – Over half of young Britons wish they had moved abroad
31/10/2012
BBC – Thousands of Scottish students ‘still without payments’
University World News – A diverse student body means a stronger university
Inside Higher Ed – Some College, No Degree, No Pell
30/10/2012
The Telegraph – Is our postgraduate system really as bad as Kazakhstan’s?
The Australian – MyUniversity cracks 200,000 visits
Inside Higher Ed – Need and Want
26/10/2012
Inside Higher Ed -As Harvard Goes…
The Independent – If we don’t keep universities free from market failure, is there anywhere else in society that is safe?
The Australian – British universities fear global status at risk
25/10/2012
BBC – Ministers ‘underestimated cost of university policy’
The Independent – ‘It’s all about being mindful and culturally sensitive’
The Australian – Online courses part of bigger threat for unis
24/10/2012
The Independent – University application figures show first signs of recovering from fees introduction
University World News – Universities face uncertain future without radical overhaul
Inside Higher Ed – Leveling Off
23/10/2012
Inside Higher Ed – A New Online Associate Degree
BBC – University postgraduate system ‘failing UK economy’
University World News – AUSTRALIA: Government slashes A$1 billion from university spending
22/10/2012
The Foreigner – Only academics question foreign study schemes
Campus Review – TEQSA hindering online growth
Inside Higher Ed – Outsourcing Privacy
18/10/2012
Business Standard – Indian institutes rush for global accreditation
University World News – SWEDEN: Expansion of investment in HE and research proposed
Inside Higher Ed – Law Schools Get a New Look
17/10/2012
Hindustan Times – Survey finds most MBA students unemployable
The Australian – Student visa test ‘open to abuse’
University World News – London university in visa storm loses students
16/10/2012
BBC – Lecturer claims pressure to accept substandard work from overseas students
China Daily – New Shanghai college a lesson in joint action
Inside Higher Ed – Helping Private Loan Borrowers
11/10/2012
University World News – Students see Britain as ‘safest place to study’
BBC – Graduate jobs market ‘better than feared’
The Independent – Masters in Europe? A short hop to academic success
09/10/2012
Business Standard – GRE scores to be accepted by 1000+ schools worldwide
Inside Higher Ed – No More Easy Money
The Australian – Latin America’s education promise
08/10/2012
The Telegraph – Graduate starting salaries down 13pc over year
Inside Higher Ed – The Cost of Values
The Australian – Missing the Indonesian chance
02/10/2012
The Australian – China down, India up in student stakes
Inside Higher Ed – Mr MOOC Comes to Washington
The Independent – Labour plans German – style vocational qualification
01/10/2012
BBC – Warning over shortage of engineering graduates
The Times of India – Germany gets attractive for Indian students
Financial Times – Asian business schools cannot remain beholden to schools in the west
28/09/2012
China Daily – HK universities should open arms to mainland students
University World News – United Nations launches Education First initiative
Inside Higher Ed – The Missing Americans
24/09/2012
Inside Higher Ed – How Europe Tracks Students
Campus Review – Warning on global ‘fake student’ business
The Telegraph – Foreign students ‘used to prop up’ university budgets
20/09/2012
BBC – Senior Lib Dems apologise over tuition fees pledge
Inside Higher Ed – Get Me a Med School! Stat!
The Australian – Postgraduate jobs hit by risk-averse recruiters
29/08/12
BBC – Cambridge University investigates hacking claim
The Hindu – Socio-economic status of Indian, Chinese students going abroad differs, says study
The Australian – University appeals to growing numbers
28/08/12
The Times of India – Foreign shores lure visual media students
Inside Higher Ed – Buyer Beware
The Guardian – Guardian University Awards launch to celebrate UK higher education sector
23/08/12
The Independent – Why it’ still IT jobs for the boys, fashion for the girls
Inside Higher Ed – Foreign Grad Admissions Up 9%
The Chronicle of Higher Education – International Admissions Offers Continue to Grow at U.S. Graduate Schools, mostly Because of China
22/08/12
The Chronicle of Higher Education – ACT Takers Make Small Gain in College Readiness, Report Says
The Voice of Russia – Russia plans to cut number of universities by 20% in next two years
China Daily – China eases restriction on passport issuing
20/08/12
Inside Higher Ed – Liberal Arts vs. Internships
The Telegraph – More pupils pushed on to ‘Mickey Mouse’ qualifications
The Australian – English language colleges doing it tough
16/08/12
BBC - Hungarian government ‘traps’ graduates to stop brain drain
University World News – New Zealand: Universities propose shorter masters degrees to attract foreign students
The Indian Express – Stage set for new India-US partnership
14/08/12
BBC – Publisher Pearson launches UK degree course
The Malaysian Reserve – Malaysian Qualification Agency to strengthen educational ties with NZ
The Australian – Cosmopolitan campus: foreign students account for 20 per cent of uni enrolments
13/08/12
The Chronicle of Higher Education – China Rolls Out the Welcome Mat for Foreign Students
The Times of India – Indian students give first priority to higher education
The Guardian – Universities offer more support than ever for student social entrepreneurs
10/08/12
The Telegraph – Nearly half EU students ‘fail to repay loans’
Bernama – Canada Must Aim To Attract Top Asian Students: Report
University World News – Students threaten protests over fee hikes for late finishers
09/08/12
University World News – Islamist professor becomes higher education minister
The Australian – NHMRC funding announced
The Guardian – Tuition fees increase led to 15,000 fewer applicants
02/08/12
BBC – China: The paradox of foreign education
The Telegraph – Eurozone crisis ‘driving students to British universities’
The Times of India – Massive manpower crunch ails education system
31/07/12
Inside Higher Ed – Accounting for Innovation
The Australian – Remove work limit: inquiry
China Daily – Higher education should overhaul traditional economic policy
30/07/12
The Budapest Times – Higher education ‘widely accessible ’
Taiwan Today – Malaysia recognizes more Taiwan college degrees
Financial Times – The creative route to an MBA
24/07/12
BBC – Science graduates ‘lack skills needed by business’
Business Standard – Business schools get more women on board
The Australian – Universities called to account: largest ever survey of student satisfaction
23/07/12
The Telegraph – School failings ‘bar pupils from top degrees’
Campus Review – HECS debt blows out to $23b
Inside Higher Ed – A Romney-Obama Debate
20/07/12
CriEnglish – Undergraduate Employment Rate Beats Postgraduate
The Malaysian Star – Malaysia, Taiwan sign agreement on approved universities
The Australian – Time to think about the forgotten 60 per cent
19/07/12
The Australian – “Data is the new oil:” EU opens research access
Financial Times – UK education system does not support industry needs
University World News – US: More universities sign on to free online course initiative
18/07/12
The Guardian – Degree fraud: detection as deterrent
China Daily – UK immigration curbs hurt visa hopefuls
Inside Higher Ed – Grad Student Diversity at Risk?
11/07/12
BBC – End of empire for Western universities?
The Australian – Export our training know how to India: Evans
The Indian Express – Higher Education Bill protest
10/07/12
Inside Higher Ed – Study Abroad, Graduate on Time
China Daily – Beijing urged to improve higher learning
The Australian – Kaplan warms to FEE-HELP loans
09/07/12
China Daily – Students flock to HK universities
The Times of India – UK set to ease tough student visa norms
The Telegraph – Most students ‘will be paying off loans into their 50s’ after fees hike
02/07/12
The Independent – Fee rise repels university applicants
The Australian – Overseas student market still in decline
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Income-Based Repayment of Student Loans: If Only Borrowers Knew
27/06/12
The Australian – Private providers surge ahead
BBC – Cardiff University probes foreign queue jumping claims
University World News – AFGHANISTAN: More scholarships for study abroad, science teaching in English
26/06/12
China Daily – Graduates face higher employment pressure
Herald Scotland – Students boost Glasgow’s economy by £500m a year
The Guardian – Manchester’s Hacienda and Peter Hook inspire new university master’s course
25/06/12
The Australian – Hospitality students ‘headhunted’
Inside Higher Ed – Student Aid Survives Another Year
The Hindu – Medical universities in China attract students from India
18/06/12
Financial Times – A degree of choice
Inside Higher Ed – Part of the Dream
Herald Scotland – Universities facing fines for extra Irish students
10/05/12
The Independent – Michael Farthing: ‘The 1994 Group represents the sane middle’
China Daily – 25% of students plan to work abroad
University World News – Higher education escapes harsh budget cuts
08/05/12
The Australian – Bankruptcy warning to UK universities
CriEnglish – China and Israel Step Up Collaboration in Education
The Hindu – Taking MBAs to the hinterland
04/05/12
The Guardian – Care leavers must get more support to stay in education
Inside Higher Ed – The Money of Study Abroad
News Straits Times – Bid to have varsity among world’s top 50 by 2020
03/05/12
Inside Higher Ed – The New Politics of Student Debt
The Guardian – Not for love or for money – why do a PhD?
Tren.az – Kazakhstan, Netherlands discuss partnership in education
02/05/12
The Indian Express – Doubling higher education enrolment to meet target will cost R9.5 lakh cr by 2020
The Guardian – Employability skills – where is wisdom?
Mail Online – Typical U.S. college student spends 40 hours a week socializing and just 13 hours studying
01/05/12
BBC – Irish passport key to fee waiver in Scotland
China.org.cn – Foreign universities seek China growth benefits
Al Arabiya News – EU program seeks to modernize higher education in Middle East and North Africa
26/04/12
China Daily – International students’ scholarships to increase
University World News – MALAYSIA: New guidelines for international branch campuses mooted
The Times of India – 19% of engineering, B-schools seats vacant last year
25/04/12
Financial Times – Melbourne uses short course techniques to revamp MBA
The Australian – Overseas students rated by risk
The Guardian – How do you spend your students loan?
23/04/12
Financial Times – Students take on social innovation challenge
Campus Review – MyUni figures come in
The Times of India – Destination China
20/04/12
The Australian – Equity firm buys degree-awarding rights
The Telegraph – Private colleges ‘forced to shut’ over student visa curbs
19/04/12
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Graduate Schools Needs to Improve Career Counselling, Report Says
Inside Higher Ed – Pacing Themselves
University World News – UK: Funding changes creates uncertainty for universities in devolved countries
18/04/12
Inside Higher Ed – No Way Out of Default
Hindustan Times – MBA-CET scores dip, more failures this year
BBC News Wales – University merger ‘conspiracy’, says Dr Peter Noyes
16/04/12
Financial Times – Rip up the existing MBA and start afresh
The Telegraph – AC Grayling puts a brave face on Steve Jones’s withdrawal from his university
Campus Review – Postgrads need more from MyUni
05/04/12
The Chronicle of Higher Education – Tution Discounts Rise Again, but Their Effectiveness Lags
The Australian – Slump not as bad as feared
WalesOnline – Trebling of tuition fees gives cash boost for universities
04/04/12
BBC – ‘Hotels on campus’ as universities build up their image
EuropeanVoice – No Bologna for Belarus
Inside Higher Ed – An Elite University … From Scratch?
03/04/12
BBC – Universities warn A-levels leave students ‘unprepared’
Inside Higher Ed – Foreign Grad Applications Up Again
The Australian – MyUniversity’s first road test: does it pass muster
The Economic Times – Kapil Sibal blames opposition for slow reforms in education sector
02/04/12
Financial Times – Internships leave a little too much to chance
The Indian Express – The higher education myth
The Australian – Bumper year for English language tester
Taipei Times – Taiwanese holding degrees increase to 39% of population
30/03/12
University World News – US makes slow progress in degree stakes
BBC Wales – Most universities in Wales to see small funding rise
The China Post – Mutual diploma progress made in Malaysia: reports
29/03/12
BBC – Most universities set to have fewer places
People’s Daily Online – First Sino-US joint university to start up
The Chronicle of Higher Education – No Financial Aid, No Problem. For-Profit University Sets $199-a-Month Tuition for Online Courses
Business Today – Confounding expectations
28/03/12
BBC London – Plan to change university admissions timetable ditched
Inside Higher Ed – Enrollments Grow, but More Slowly
The Australian – Students down but revenue crashes
27/03/12
BBC London – Up to 50,00 migrants ‘exploited student visa flaw to work in UK’
Swissinfo.ch – Universities extend global reach
The Guardian – How to recruit international students in China
Times of India -Soon, Indian BTech degrees may be recognised abroad
23/03/12
Hindustan Times – Now CBSE, ISC students can apply to Oxford varsity
China Daily – Separating wheat from the chaff
BBC – University mergers: Council motion supports Cardiff Met
22/03/12
Inside Higher Ed – Faculty Pay, Around the World
University World News – Lords challenge UK government over Erasmus funding fees
Financial Times – An opportunity missed in China
21/03/12
Inside Higher Ed – Wait, Isn’t This the Old Normal?
People’s Daily Online – UK visa policy change to impact Chinese students
WalesOnline – Oxbridge hopefuls hampered by lack of Welsh league tables, university officials warn
The Australian – The Chinese way to knowledge not so different after all
20/03/12
Business Today – B-schools beat recession fears as placement earn A+
Deccan Chronicle – Applications to UK varsities may dip
The Guardian – Warwick and Queen Mary universities to share lecturers
19/03/12
Korea Herald – Foreign students face challenges away from home
Jakarta Globe – Full-Time Business Schools Losing Some of Their Appeal
Campus Review – Gillard unveils multi-billion dollar skills plan
Financial Times – A degree of choice for the older and wiser student
16/03/12
The Australian – Downturn could be worse than $3.3bn
The Sun Daily – China hopes MQA will recognise 800 higher institutions
The Hindu – Subsidies inequitable, student loans a better option: Survey
15/03/12
Inside Higher Ed – International Winners and Losers
BBC – Dutch universities recruit in UK with cheaper fees
14/03/12
The Guardian – Students launch national day of action in protest at higher education plans
The Malaysian Star – 146 Chinese institutions of higher learning accredited
The Times of India – MBA aspirants rely on earnings as grants dry up
The Australian – Sector ignored despite $3bn hit
13/03/12
English People’s Daily Online – Exodus to overseas universities rises
BBC – Overseas students ‘to increase in UK universities’
University World News – Fast place of higher education enrolment growth predicted to slow
The Australian – UK and Japan forge grand collaboration
12/03/12
Financial Times – Differentiation: Big names decide to join the fray
The Hindu – UGC sets target for higher education enrolment
Herald Scotland – Universities in row over recruitment legislation plans
Campus Review - Bridge to Asia heeded at last
The Independent – Thousands of students to stage walkout protest
02/03/12
Financial Times – Hopeful signs from the US as recruiters return to hire MBAs
The Times of India – Work opportunities still open for Indian students: Prof Thomas
The Australian – Unis get 150,000 more students
University World News – World Bank calls for university autonomy, branch campuses, research
01/03/12
PhilStar – Higher education reforms key to growth in Phl – report
The Telegraph – Too many students gaining A grades, top examiner admits
Inside Higher Ed – Me or We
University World News – Virtual laboratories to reach 500,000 students
29/02/12
BBC- Universities warn on overseas students income loss
The Borneo Post – Ministry’s decision to stop giving student visa aims to curb abuse
University World News – Science enrolments not growing enough to meet national need
The Australian – Redesign ‘key’ to catching Asia
Inside Higher Ed – Standardized Tests That Fail
28/02/12
The Australian – China embraces another foreign university
The Independent – Government report says all students should sign up for internships
The Telegraph – Can American universities help break down our social barriers?
The Times of India – AICTE may bar new engineering, management colleges from 2014
The Australian – China embraces another foreign university
27/02/12
The Times of India – His masters choice
Campus Review – Key role for higher education in the Asian century
Inside Higher Ed – Fountain of Youth
Financial News – Higher education beckons as buyout houses head back into the classroom
24/02/12
The Scotsman – Number of Chinese students at Scottish universities soars
BBC – University of Wales degrees validation concern at Birmingham Graduate School
University World News – GLOBAL: OECD analysts see student aid as key to maintaining access as fees rise
Wales Online – University mergers: Welsh Government report four years ago rejected the case for mergers
The Australian – Getting HASS in on the research act
Fulbright Commission – American Students Flock to British Universities
