Benin Three-Month Lecturer Strike Ends Universities in Benin have reopened after a more than three-month public sector strike ended in May. Lecturers had come under pressure to resume work, and some of their demands had been met, with the rest still under review by the…
Regional Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Universities in Latin America Mismatched academic calendars, issues with giving credits to exchange students, language barriers and cultural misunderstandings are among the challenges facing U.S. universities looking to partner with institutions in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. This is according…
Regional Japan and Australia Sign Trade Agreement, Including Provisions to Boost University Ties The signing of a free trade agreement between Australia and Japan in April has boosted prospects for greater collaboration between the two nations’ universities, with Australia seeking to accelerate university, research and…
Regional Institutions Worldwide Focus on Internationalization A new survey from the International Association of Universities (IAU) finds that higher education institutions (HEIs) across the globe are focusing on internationalization, with 53 percent of 1,336 responding institutions stating that they have an internationalization policy/strategy in place,…
Iran Study: Iran Has the World’s Fastest Growing Research Output Simon Marginson writes about the globalization of research science in Times Higher Education, highlighting trends underlined in a recent report from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2014. According to the report, expenditure has…