The World View

The global refugee crisis is complex and requires concerted political, economic, social, and legal action in order to be addressed effectively.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to subsidize “all motivated and able Japanese youth who wish to study abroad.”

The President of Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, Borys Paton, will turn 100 this year. He is perhaps the oldest chief of a national academy in the world.

The intensifying global university and subject rankings have had a far-reaching influence on the development of China's higher education policy.

After the 2019 intake there will be a loss of EU students, currently comprising 25% of the enrolment at some universities as well as the likely loss of top EU research staff at the end of the Horizon 2020 programme.

In a progressively more polarized world, a nuanced approach to internationalization is increasingly important and it should not be a debate about the numbers of programs taught in English, international students, or branch campuses.

Tertiary education systems in developing and emerging economies have been confronted with an unprecedented “flash flood” of students over the past 20 years.

The Ethiopian free higher education program has enabled 1,600 Eritrean refugees to pursue their studies at various public universities across the country. Around 85 % of the Eritrean refugees are estimated to complete their studies successfully.