Education in Iran
In this article, we offer an introduction to the education system of Iran, with insight on how best to evaluate common academic credentials from both the secondary and tertiary levels.
WENR, April 2013: Middle East
Egypt Reform Initiative Calls for 60 New Universities in a Decade Under a 10-year higher education reform plan recently launched by the Egyptian government, 60 new universities would be created in the country by 2023, under an overarching goal of reforming higher education and promoting…
WENR, April 2013: Europe
Denmark Government Launches Developing-Nation Scholarship Program Denmark has launched a scholarship program aimed at promoting academic mobility to and from a list of developing countries, initially targeting students from Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. It is part of a comprehensive internationalization of higher education…
WENR, April 2013: Asia Pacific
Australia Australians Want Foreign Graduates of Australian Universities to Stay in Country Nearly three-quarters of Australians believe international students should be encouraged to stay in the country after completing university studies, according to a survey recently released by Universities Australia. Approximately 80 percent of 300…
WENR, April 2013: Americas
Regional University Prestige Rankings Tell Same Old Story The big six universities in the United States and the United Kingdom have consolidated their dominance of the Times Higher Education’s Reputational Ranking, according to the 2013 update released in March. The rankings use the Thomson Reuters…