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Is higher education fit for the global urban era?
Our era of ‘global urbanization’ -- one where the majority of the world’s population now lives in ‘urban’ areas –...
On being seduced by The World University Rankings (2011-12)
Well, it’s ranking season again, and the Times Higher Education/Thomson Reuters World University Rankings (2011-2012) has just been released. The...
Common curriculum guidelines for Yale-NUS College (via Word Cloud)
Source: Common Curriculum Outline for Yale-NUS College (2 September 2011) via Wordle.
'Hotspots' and international scientific collaboration
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies report was released on 20 September...
Visualizing the uneven geographies of knowledge production and circulation
As noted in a previous entry (‘ Visualizing the globalization of higher education and research’), we’ve been keen to both...
International student mobility highlights in the OECD's Education at a Glance 2011
Education at a Glance 2011 was released today by the OECD. The report is replete with data about education systems...
Decolonising our universities: another world is desirable
Editors' n ote: the statement below was issued by participants at the end of the International Conference on Decolonising Our...
A primer on international partnerships
One notable challenge for many universities is moving beyond the superficial rhetoric of internationalization. Of course every university, and its...