Brazil British Universities Look to Brazil for Students The British government and its universities are looking to recruit thousands of fee-paying students from Brazil. British universities minister, David Willetts, and more than a dozen university vice chancellors met with Brazilian officials in June to discuss…
Regional Southeast Asian Credit System Set to Expand A system designed to encourage standards and quality among universities in Southeast Asia will expand, according to a recent article from the official Malaysian news agency, Bernama. At a recent meeting for regional leaders in Bali, Deputy…
Regional European Commission Launches Portal for Qualifications Framework The European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF) has been designed to provide a common reference framework to assist in the comparison of the various different European national qualifications systems, frameworks and levels. The portal is being…
Egypt Egyptian Higher Education as a Model for Africa and Middle East According to Dr Alaa Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo, higher education in Egypt is set to become a model for Africa and the Middle East as a result of the popular…
Kazakhstan Kazakh Schools Getting A Kazakh Facelift Many Russian-language schools in Kazakhstan are being turned into Kazakh-language schools for the new academic year beginning on September 1. It’s all part of what can be called the “Kazakh-ification” of a nation seeking to restore its national…