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Gender inequality in the higher education institutions in Armenia: causes and consequences
Gender equality in academia is viewed in the first instance as a human rights concern, but also as a premise for quality higher education and innovative science.
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Czech president: too many lawyers, not enough technical grads
Citing a shortage of engineers and other technical professionals, the president of the Czech Republic is calling for the country to break with its tradition of free university education by imposing fees on humanities students
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University enrollment plunges in Romania
The number of students attending Romania’s universities fell by nearly half from 2009 to 2013.
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Why reforms to China’s college entrance exam are so revolutionary
China’s Ministry of Education has announced a major reform of the National College Entrance Examination, known as Gaokao.
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Macedonia courts student fury with exam law
Students and university professors have announced more protests after parliament went ahead with adoption of a controversial plan to introduce compulsory external, state-supervised exams for graduates.
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Educating Russians abroad
In 2014, the Russian government launched the ‘Global Education’ programme of postgraduate education abroad.
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Teaching about the Unspeakable
Model International Criminal Court Western Balkans (MICC WeB) is a unique project currently being implemented in former Yugoslavia.
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Russian schools excel in new university rankings
Moscow State University (MSU) tops the rankings in a listing of schools in “emerging Europe” and Central Asia just released by the higher education consultants QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
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Even extremists have a right to freedom of speech on campus
There may well be an outcry from student unions and lecturers’ organisations against proposals in a new counter-terrorism bill from home secretary Theresa May for a new statutory duty on universities and colleges to “prevent individuals being drawn into terrorism”.
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US student body grows ever more international, but inequality persists
Through its higher education system, the US student population is slowly shedding an unfortunate image it may have once had of being rather parochial.
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