International No need for a ‘higher education ministry’ | Last month, the Education Ministry revealed that it planned to upgrade its Office of Higher Education Commission (Ohec) into a ministry to lift university standards citing the “crisis in the higher education system”, low rankings of Thai universities, budget restrictions, lowContinue Reading
International Manufacturing internationalisation of higher education | Of the 200 institutions listed in 2016, only 49 are in the 2017 ranking, although the number of institutions listed dropped from 200 to 150. This is understandable because a condition for eligibility was that institutions not only needed to be included inContinue Reading
International Travel ban could signal the start of brain drain | There’s a surprising winner in United States President Donald Trump’s travel ban for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries: research universities in China – and their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Mexico. HE has a roleContinue Reading
International The role of international faculty in the mobility era | In the era of globalisation, it is not surprising that growing numbers of academics are working outside of their home countries. The imperative of increasing access to university | Higher education, like other established institutions, is being challenged byContinue Reading
International Finance minister must dispel myth that fiscus can’t afford free higher education: students | Shaheed Mohamed‚ secretary of the Workers International Vanguard League‚ which made its submissions in Cape Town last year‚ said it was “an insult to students” for them to be told their government cannot invest inContinue Reading
