The need for universities to keep pace with the rapidly changing market place for international talent is highlighted in a new report from QS Enrolment Solutions based on responses to the 2018 International Student Survey. The report ‘Harnessing Opportunities in Global Higher Education’ is the latest to call on universities to up their game and […]
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Review into ‘broken’ higher education student funding
British universities started the New Year much as they ended 2017 – on the back foot as they struggled to fend off criticism of bulging pay packets for vice-chancellors. Meanwhile staff went on strike to protect their pensions and students complained about not getting value-for-money for their £9,250 yearly tuition fees. Suddenly UK higher education […]
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Advertising watchdogs have reprimanded six British universities for making marketing claims that could be misleading to potential students. How embarrassing – and its follows similar action against the University of Reading earlier this year when it agreed with the Advertising Standards Authority, or ASA, to ‘phase out’ its claim to be in the global ‘top 1%’. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Don’t ignore grass roots for internationalisation
DESPITE the rise of inward-looking nationalism, the election of Donald Trump on an ‘America First’ ticket and the possibility of a hard ‘Brexit’ from the European Union for the United Kingdom, the world’s universities remain committed to the cause of globalisation. But are some of their actions adding to the discord between the internationally-mobile elite […]
Read the rest of this entry »European university comms focus on networking
Not long now until the EUPRIO family of European higher education communication and PR professionals comes together in Mannheim for its 2017 annual conference. This year’s event – from June 29 to July 2 – is focusing on how universities can successfully network with their cities, regions and companies. Places are filling up fast on […]
Read the rest of this entry »What Brexit means for European universities
Britain is not be not leaving Europe but it has just started divorce proceedings from the European Union. Here I explore some of the implications for European higher education. British and European higher education and research leaders are watching nervously as developments unfold following the start of the official process of the UK leaving the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The year transnational education came of age
2016 certainly feels like the year transnational higher education really came of an age. Everywhere you turn you’ll find a conference or webinar looking at the attractions of exporting one’s education services across the globe or delving into specifics, such as quality control and other challenges associated with universities offering their wares overseas. With internationally […]
Read the rest of this entry »Branding is everywhere in higher education
Branding seems to be everywhere you look in universities these days. It is one of the major talking points at international higher education gatherings, including this year’s annual conference of EUPRIO, the European universities public relations and communications association, being held in Antwerp, Belgium, in SeptembeBranding seems to be everywhere you look in universities. ‘Living […]
Read the rest of this entry »U-Multirank claims to be biggest university rankings
Once again U-Multirank, the European Commission supported world university rankings, was largely ignored by the British media and higher education establishment despite its claim to be the largest global university ranking. Only 13 UK universities actively participated in the 2016 rankings – just one more than last year – and no British institution topped any […]
Read the rest of this entry »Swiss lessons for UK universities’ referendum campaign
I don’t know if British university vice-chancellors are really likely to follow the call from the Swiss lake district of Lausanne and ‘get out on the streets’ to defend the UK’s membership of the European Union – but at least they are stirring into some form of activity. The call for street action came from […]
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