Regional More Harmonization Beyond Bologna Required More harmonization of higher education systems across the European Union may be needed if its universities are to continue to compete on the global stage, speakers at a recent conference have claimed. Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of the League…
Regional Google Releases Data on Most-Googled Institutions of Higher Education Google has revealed the most popular searches for people around the world looking for universities, and the ranking is significantly different from the traditional map of the global powerhouses of higher education. There is a…
Regional Study: World’s Best Universities are all Financially Well-endowed Times Higher Education has identified the characteristics of the world’s most successful universities, and money is the key. The UK had 31 universities in the top 200 last year but the leading 20 were dominated by…
Regional Report: Universities Should Use Transnational Education Strategically A recent report argues that Western universities should take a more strategic approach to using transnational, or cross-border, higher education as a way to hedge against anticipated declines in international students that may result from the continuing…
Regional Study: 183 Publically Funded International Scholarship Programs There are some 183 nationally funded scholarship programs for outbound academic mobility around the globe, with just over half of the world’s countries – 102 in all – offering at least one. Yet measuring the impacts and…