Regional Universities from Region Perform Well in New Shanghai Ranking While the top-ranked institutions in the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities remained largely in place, there was a fair degree of shuffling lower down in the tables, with universities from the Middle East faring…
Russia Not Enough Students Russian universities are facing a shortage of students for state-funded places this year, due to the economic crisis and a demographic crisis that economists predict could lead to the loss of 100,000 university teaching positions by 2020. Experts at the Russian…
Kenya Government Task Force Recommends New Education Structure A task force asked to realign Kenya’s education system with the (new) Constitution has proposed sweeping changes to the 8-4-4 system of education. The changes include the introduction of a 6-6-3 system of education: six years of…
Brazil British Universities Look to Brazil for Students The British government and its universities are looking to recruit thousands of fee-paying students from Brazil. British universities minister, David Willetts, and more than a dozen university vice chancellors met with Brazilian officials in June to discuss…
Regional Southeast Asian Credit System Set to Expand A system designed to encourage standards and quality among universities in Southeast Asia will expand, according to a recent article from the official Malaysian news agency, Bernama. At a recent meeting for regional leaders in Bali, Deputy…