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Canada: Redford announces $650 million for colleges, universities
Share Conservative leader Alison Redford announced a three-year, $650 million investment in colleges and universities across Alberta. The money will benefit NAIT, NorQuest, the University of Calgary, Lethbridge College and Mount Royal University. “There’s no doubt that post-secondary institutions in ... Read More »
China: NYU Shanghai to enroll undergraduates in 2013
Share New York University in Shanghai (NYU Shanghai) plans to enroll about 300 undergraduates in 2013, with 51 percent coming from the Chinese mainland and the other 49 percent recruited through NYU’s global network. NYU Shanghai is designed to be ... Read More »
Greek universities to go abroad
Share In response to the severe financial crisis, Greek academics decided to search for collaborations with foreign students and institutions to prove that they are still thriving. China is among the countries, which seem the most suitable of candidates. Many ... Read More »
Jamia to launch PG diploma in acting
Share Jamia Millia Islamia University is all set to launch a new creed of actors, as the university‘s Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC) will offer a course in acting from the new academic session. The course starting July 2012 ... Read More »
Asia: Unfazed by criticism, bullish about Yale-NUS college
Share When Yale University president Richard Levin visited Singapore last month, the resolution by faculty members who wanted to express concern about the planned Yale-NUS College was gathering steam. But such criticism, even if it has been persistent from some ... Read More »
Australia: Record university enrolments nationally
Share A record enrolment in Australian university courses includes significant increases in the vocations the future economy will need. That’s according to Federal Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans. The latest figures show enrolments in health, engineering and science courses are ... Read More »
India may ask universities to double intake
Share To produce larger numbers of qualified job-seekers to feed a growing economy, some Indian universities may have to double their student enrolment in the five years to March 2017, with students per acre of university campus being used as ... Read More »
UK: ‘Hotels on campus’ as universities build up their image
Share Universities are spending millions on new buildings as they compete to attract students – including campus hotels, an overseas student village and better bedrooms, says a survey. Building firm Wates says 79% of them have construction plans costing more ... Read More »
Africa: How to resolve constant unrest at universities
Share Among Uganda’s universities, Makerere, Kyambogo and Nkumba campuses have the highest occurrence of student strikes. They have each had at least one every year since 2009. And in the current semester, they have lived true to that feat ... Read More »
India: UP govt bans BEd course in new colleges
Share In a significant decision, the state government has directed seven state universities not to give affiliation to a new college for running BEd course. However, any existing college (where other courses are running) can start BEd course if it ... Read More »
