3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (432+ words) A government initiative to strengthen national universities outside South Korea’s capital has drawn criticism from some quarters in the country’s higher education sector. Pusan National University, Chonnam National University and Chungnam National University are the first beneficiaries of the initiative....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (518+ words) Australian universities and colleges will be charged a yet-to-be determined levy to fund a mandatory complaints resolution service, with fines for institutions that miss payment deadlines and regulatory crackdowns on those that do not pay at all. Legislation introduced into…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (556+ words) Australia’s university funding overhaul is bogged down in parliament’s upper house, after the opposition introduced a raft of amendments to the “Opening the Doors of Opportunity” bill. Amendments to be moved by a Liberal Party senator would remove the education…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (751+ words) A leading researcher has claimed that her talk at a South African university was cancelled because of “institutional concerns about the participation of international academics”. ’Funmi Olonisakin, vice-president for international, engagement and service at King’s College London, was due to…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (523+ words) Ad Insertion platform Sarl THUNDER MONETIZATION PTE. LTD. The president of Universities UK has defended his decision to speak on a panel at Reform UK’s annual conference after the move was branded “dangerous” by the sector’s biggest union. Malcolm Press…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (710+ words) A small clique of academics are accepting each other’s papers for publication in top business journals in violation of clear rules to mitigate conflicts of interest (COI), claims a new study on how “reciprocal handling” of journal submissions has led…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (707+ words) Australia is considering “targeted financial support” for academics applying to the world’s biggest research funding scheme, with direct access to Horizon Europe only four months away. A discussion paper says extra cash could boost locals’ prospects of securing their share…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (587+ words) The Ministry of Education’s multi-stage response is unusually forceful. Institutions operating “as if they were schools” will need to register properly, as licensed alternative schools or private academies, or face legal action. This is, first of all, a Korean consumer…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (630+ words) International students and their families will be prime targets of the Australian government’s postponed “migration crackdown”, according to speculation reported in the national broadsheet. The government plans to emulate the UK by preventing most students from bringing dependants with them,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) The head of the representative body for Australian universities has hit back at claims of a governance “crisis” in the sector, saying many alleged “failures” are in fact intellectual disagreements, broader societal problems or cases where universities have been damned…...