Bahrain Online University to Open in 2010 Bahrain will play host to an online university, which plans to offer courses to students from the Middle East and Asia, beginning in 2010. The Asia e-University (AeU) is the result of an agreement signed between the Bahrain…
Russia Educating a Generation of Oil and Gas Experts Prompted by concerns that Russia’s higher education system has not been able to keep up with advancements and growth in its oil and gas industries, a new European Union-funded comparative study is being put out to…
Democratic Republic of Congo Technology University Opens A new technology-focused university has opened in the suburbs of the Congolese capital Kinshasa. The Université de Technologie du Congo was officially opened September 1 offering engineering programs in science and technology, together with studies in human and…
Regional Trade in Services Talks Collapse, Education Remains in Limbo Under the provisions of the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) and the broader Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, restrictions on preventing universities and higher-education service providers from teaching, researching…
Bangladesh Just 1 in 12 Have Access to University Studies The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in demand for university places across the globe, and Bangladesh is no exception. The problem for this South Asian nation is the same as that being…