Government to fund 1,000 PhDs who have to finish in 3 years Jan Petter Myklebust 01 February 2024 A pilot programme that will effectively test a new model for doctoral education in Finland that aims to increase the number of PhD graduates and strengthen the societal...
Países bajos: debate sobre política de financiamiento de la investigación
The Netherlands’ new science policy is unevidenced, undebated and risky Previous output is by far the best predictor of future success, but has become far less important for Dutch funding allocation, says Raymond Poot Raymond Poot, January 23, 2024 A well-funded and...
Internacionalización: debates actuales
Accountability in internationalisation: it must be personal Paulina Latorre, Uwe Brandenburg and Hans de Wit 27 January 2024 In 2011, two of us, Uwe Brandenburg and Hans de Wit, published an essay in International Higher Education with the provocative title “The end...
USA: Educación, clases sociales y elecciones
The Political Failure of Bidenomics Feb. 22, 2024 By David Brooks Opinion Columnist After Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, most sensible Democrats realized they had a problem. The party was hemorrhaging support from the white working class. More than 60 percent of...
Aumento de cobertura en educación superior
Columnistas Viernes 02 de febrero de 2024 Aumento de cobertura en educación superior: ¿expectativas frustradas? Harald Beyer: “...La preocupación detrás del aumento en cobertura tiene que ver finalmente con la impresión de que algunos de dichos programas (de estudios)...
Noruega: Auge de la filosofía, las humanidades y la interdiscipliba
Five ERC grants: Philosophy is the new star at Oslo University Jan Petter Myklebust 19 January 2024 The discipline of philosophy is enjoying a resurgence at the University of Oslo following the launch of a number of innovative interdisciplinary teaching programmes...
La IA y el futuro de las universidades
Generative AI action hints at core future roles in universities Karen MacGregor 28 January 2024 With the arrival of generative AI such as ChatGPT, science fiction took a big step towards fact. Last year, universities explored the implications of AI. This year kicked...
China: incentivos monetarios a los investigadores PoP
Young researcher salaries top those in US, UK, Australia Yojana Sharma 18 March 2021 Post-doctoral researchers at top Chinese universities, particularly researchers who have returned from abroad, are being offered higher and higher salaries to churn out papers for...
Caída de tasas de retorno a la educación superior en China
Data shows lifetime financial returns from HE are falling Yojana Sharma 18 January 2024 With a huge rise in school completion and enrolment in higher education over the past few decades, China’s population is better educated than ever before. But a new study on the...
Las crisis de la Universidad Austral de Chile
Las crisis de la Universidad Austral de Chile Por Yanira Zúñiga Añazco, 03.01.2024 Doctora en Derecho por la Universidad Carlos III, con estudios posdoctorales en el equipo de estudios de género SAGESSE, perteneciente a la Universidad Toulouse II. Es profesora (ver...
T. Snyder: ¿Qué es la libertad?
¿Qué es la libertad? La palabra más usada (y maltratada) en política La libertad no es solo la ausencia de barreras y...
Qué traerá consigo el segundo gobierno Trump
The second Trump term: Higher education braces for impact Nathan M Greenfield 08 November 2024 ‘Professors are the...
Conversaciones en torno al fogón
Ao pé da lareira By Simon Schwartzman on Nov 08, 2024 04:17 pm (Publicado em O Estado de São Paulo, 8 de novembro,...
Asia: Empleabilidad de graduados
Are universities to blame for rising youth unemployment in Asia? The rise of Asian higher education has coincided with...