March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD) around the world, a day to celebrate the contributions women make to society and to challenge the hurdles they still face. Here, we’re exploring how four different universities marked the occasion. The University of Guelph In the wake of the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau’s 50:50 cabinet gender
The election of Donald Trump caused panic across higher education, with many worrying his presidency would spell disastrous changes to the sector. It seems that some of those fears were well founded, as it has just been announced that Trump’s revised education policy includes plans to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Arts
Germany and Kenya have announced their intention to open a collaborative STEM-based university in the East African country. The Eastern African-German University of Applied Sciences will focus on science and engineering-based education, but will also offer entrepreneurship and TVET (technical and vocational education and training) teacher-training courses. It will follow the German model of being
News that major universities in the UK, including the University of Oxford, are considering opening branch campuses elsewhere in Europe, has been revealed in the Telegraph. Senior staff at Oxford University met French officials last week to discuss the possibility of opening a branch campus in Paris, breaking over 700 years of tradition for the
International master’s and PhD students will now be able to remain in Ireland for much longer, thanks to a new decree from the government. Under the country’s Third Level Graduate Scheme, students studying at a postgraduate level will now be able to remain in Ireland to seek employment, working up to 40 hours per week
On 8th January 2016, during an important speech in the State Council of China, highlighting China’s 13th Five-Year Plan on education(2016-2010) for nearly 3000 Chinese universities, Madam Liu Yandong quoted the latest QS World University Ranking results to demonstrated the international competitiveness of top Chinese universities have already been recognised globally. This makes QS the only world