International Greater curbs on academic freedom in 2017 – Report | Egyptian authorities have tightened restrictions on university lecturers and students this year as part of an ongoing state-led crackdown that started more than three years ago, a report by a rights group has shown. The changing shape of globalContinue Reading
International Journals’ statistics rules ‘help tackle reproducibility crisis’ | Academic journals may be able to help tackle science’s reproducibility crisis by issuing guidelines on the use of statistics in papers submitted for publication, researchers say. More people completing PhDs around the world – OECD report | Countries are investing inContinue Reading
International Heads of state declare common higher education area | Heads of East African states declared the transformation of the East African Community, or EAC, into a Common Higher Education Area, which will facilitate the recognition of academic certificates and the transfer of credits from higher education institutions across theContinue Reading
International N-led centre, provincial govts slash education budget: Report | Federal and the two provincial governments, where Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) is in power, decreased budget for education sector for the year 2016-2017 compared to the previous year, suggests a report. A new dawn for Asian higher education regionalisation? |Continue Reading
International Strengthening democracy through open education | Open education is the policy and practice of broadening access to allow greater participation in lifelong learning and tertiary education. It is based on the principle that everyone has a right to benefit from educational resources. Higher education priorities after the French electionContinue Reading
