Regional China Announces Plans for Research Cooperation with African Nations China increased its role in African science in November, announcing a three-year plan to promote research in agriculture, medicine and clean energy as part of a $10 billion investment in the region. At the November…
Regional Latin American and Caribbean Nations Sign Diploma-recognition Agreement An agreement concerning the mutual recognition of higher education degrees and diplomas in the member countries of the Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas – ALBA (Bolivarian alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean) was reached in…
Australia Tough Year Continues for Australian International Education Sector with Closure of 9 Private Colleges Nine private vocational colleges in Melbourne and Sydney closed with little to no warning in early November, leaving almost 5,000 students academically stranded weeks before they were to have completed…
Regional Business School Leaders Vote for Harvard The Harvard Business School was voted the best in the world by leaders from more than 300 business schools in the 2009 Eduniversal global ranking of 1,000 business schools. The French company released the results of the vote…
Regional Region in Talks with China to Build Science Links Chinese and Arab universities developed plans to build scientific research links at the Forum on Chinese-Arab Co-operation in Fields of Scientific Research, held in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum in November. According to the Xinhua…