Regional Caribbean: Ambitious Growth Plans Launched for Regional University Within five years, the University of the West Indies plans to boost enrollments, overhaul programs to deliver ‘work-ready graduates,’ inaugurate a new campus in western Jamaica, and launch an online platform, or ‘open campus,’ that would…
Australia After Collapse of Singapore Campus, Australian Universities Head for the Exits The Australian newspaper reports that Australian universities are taking leave of offshore teaching operations en masse in the face of debt and fear of reputational damage. Universities in June confirmed the closure of…
Regional Research Council Reports Strong Interest from Overseas Grant Applicants The European Research Council (ERC) received 9,167 proposals in response to its first call for proposals. Among those received, a significant number came from outside the EU, according to the ERC. Officially launched in 2007,…
Regional GEMS Founder to Develop New International Chain of Schools Two of the world’s leading education entrepreneurs are to partner in building 60 multimillion-dollar, high-end international schools in big cities across the world that will cater to the children of bankers, diplomats and executives who…
Regional Central Asian Women Choosing Home over Classroom For many girls in Central Asia, schooling ends after the secondary level. With poor job opportunities, many families in these post-Soviet republics choose not to invest in tertiary education for their daughters. In July, hundreds of thousand…