Regional U-Multirank Surpasses Goal of 500 Participating Institutions The new, European Commission-supported international university ranking U-Multirank announced in July that over 600 higher education institutions from 60 countries had registered to participate, exceeding its goal of 500. Registration was open until July 12. U-Multirank, which…
Regional Combating Brain Drain in Arab Countries An extraordinary 80 percent of Arab postgraduate students currently carry out their study abroad. Just over half of them – especially from the North Africa region – do not return home after graduating, which results in annual losses…
Regional Big Changes in Student Mobility Needed, Says LERU Europe’s top research universities are pushing for more structured forms of student mobility, to build on the achievements of the Erasmus exchange program, which they say is reaching its limits. Newer forms of ‘networked’ and ‘embedded’…
Regional Free Ivy League Education – Now in Arabic Courses from the world’s top universities, including Stanford and Duke, will soon be available free in Arabic thanks to an initiative involving hundreds of volunteers from the United Arab Emirates. Coursera, an online education company launched…
Australia UNSW to Accept Chinese Applicants for Direct Admissions Based on Gaokao Scores The University of New South Wales has joined a number of other Australian universities in deciding to accept scores from China’s national higher education entrance examination, the gaokao, for direct entrance into…