Global BUzz

The Asia University 2017 rankings have been announced, which rank Asia’s top 300 universities, which include nations from the Middle East as well. The National University of Singapore has secured first position for two years in a row now, while rising stars climb the ladder revolutionising the global HE landscape. The Asia University Rankings used… Read more » about Asia Rankings 2017 highlight the rising stars of the global HE landscape

On Wednesday, at 12:30 in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his last Spring Budget, which happens to also be the last Budget prior to the triggering of Article 50 scheduled for later this month. The Budget was expected to be simple and safe, with no sudden moves, and it was… Read more » about UK’s Expenditure on R&D Lags Behind Other Global Economies

UK Universities International recently published another edition of Gone International: mobility works, which provides a comparative analysis of both mobile and non-mobile first degree undergraduates through exploring their academic attainment and employment outcomes.  The report findings are based on the 2014-15 graduating cohort who responded to the DLHE. Findings reveal that student mobility has increased by 1.8% from the… Read more » about UUK Universities International publishes its third edition of Gone International

This month, the UK’s Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) released a publication on the detailed analysis of the student dataset for 2015/16. The dataset, Students in Higher Education 2015/16, provides us with rich information about students’ ‘subject of study, level of study, mode of study, age, sex, ethnicity, disability, domicile’ and other social demographics which help understand the state of… Read more » about The UK Brain Drain – truth or bluff?

In the past few weeks, immigration has been high on the agenda across the world.  Despite the fact that nothing generally is set in stone, not even Trump’s Executive Order to ban targeted countries from US entry, the changing atmosphere of a city or country can make a difference to those thinking of moving and… Read more » about Act now to prevent talent moving elsewhere, suggests LinkedIn

Earlier this week, Unesco published its UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030  which addresses many of the current challenges science faces, as well as achievements thus far. It reveals that the gap in R&D is narrowing globally, and also recognises a ‘remarkable growth’ in the number of researchers globally, rising some 21% since 2007.  It adds: The… Read more » about The Big Five account for 72% of researchers worldwide, reveals UNESCO Science Report

The UK Government has just unveiled its Brexit blueprint in The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union.  Published yesterday, Brexit Minister David Davis presented the white paper to the House of Commons, just one day after Brexit supporters celebrated a ‘momentous’ night as the House of Commons backed the triggering of… Read more » about Government’s clear vision of Brexit outlined in new White Paper

Earlier this week, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published the results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is released every three years. PISA was launched in the year 2000 and investigates the performance of 15-year-olds in what is considered to be core academic disciplines (i.e. reading, maths and science). The Assessment… Read more » about The OECD publishes PISA results: focus on science