NEW ZEALAND
In 2007, the Waikato Innovation Park, with $1 million of funding from the Tertiary Education Commission, set up the Agbiotech Innovators Academy (AIA)...Read More
The State of Education series is an annual publication...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Multidisciplinary research – an essential driver for innovation...Read More
Universities have been urged to start reviewing their research portfolios to assess the social and economic impact of their work in preparation for the forthcoming research excellence framework...Read More
The Unesco Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge is publishing a Research Report, Systems of Higher Education, Research and Innovation: Changing dynamics, that explores rapid changes in global knowledge systems and describes nearly a decade of 'research on research' by the Forum...Read More
The effort to improve German universities still has a long way to go...Read More
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
NEW ZEALAND
Professor John Morrow has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at The University of Auckland....Read More
Education Minister Anne Tolley says there is no more money to fund extra places in polytechnics during the recession...Read More
Tough economic times are forcing the Government to consider whether student support payments for people aged over 65 are a sound investment...Read More
Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples strongly reiterated his challenge to universities, to consider how they might help to overcome systemic disadvantage to Maori in tertiary education...Read More
New Zealand and Spanish science researchers will benefit from a new travel grant programme between the two countries, Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp has announced...Read More
AUSTRALIA
LANGUAGES should be central to education, not peripheral...Read More
RESEARCH funding needs to be better directed in larger, single grants to cross-disciplinary groupings, the Australian Academy of Science says...Read More
PATRICIA Easteal, a University of Canberra legal academic, has accepted a "virtual sabbatical" at Britain's Durham University in what is believed to be a world first...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Association of Commonwealth Universities: June Bulletin...Read More (pdf)
The UK's Met Office has had its funding for climate research slashed by a quarter...Read More
The world’s main economies are looking to “green growth” as the way forward out of the current crisis...Read More
Support for the arts after concern at funding ringfenced for science and engineering subjects...Read More, more
Academics must learn lessons from industry to prepare students for a harsh new world...Read More
Multimillion-pound budget cuts could see whole departments wiped out...Read More
The notion of the ivory tower is under threat as academics embrace links with industry as a central tenet of their profession - and not just in the hard sciences...Read More
Researchers have become experts in "stealth research" - taking money with the promise of a specific goal and then using it to support a wider "space of play"....Read More
Professor John Morrow has been appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at The University of Auckland....Read More
Education Minister Anne Tolley says there is no more money to fund extra places in polytechnics during the recession...Read More
Tough economic times are forcing the Government to consider whether student support payments for people aged over 65 are a sound investment...Read More
Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples strongly reiterated his challenge to universities, to consider how they might help to overcome systemic disadvantage to Maori in tertiary education...Read More
New Zealand and Spanish science researchers will benefit from a new travel grant programme between the two countries, Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp has announced...Read More
AUSTRALIA
LANGUAGES should be central to education, not peripheral...Read More
RESEARCH funding needs to be better directed in larger, single grants to cross-disciplinary groupings, the Australian Academy of Science says...Read More
PATRICIA Easteal, a University of Canberra legal academic, has accepted a "virtual sabbatical" at Britain's Durham University in what is believed to be a world first...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Association of Commonwealth Universities: June Bulletin...Read More (pdf)
The UK's Met Office has had its funding for climate research slashed by a quarter...Read More
The world’s main economies are looking to “green growth” as the way forward out of the current crisis...Read More
Support for the arts after concern at funding ringfenced for science and engineering subjects...Read More, more
Academics must learn lessons from industry to prepare students for a harsh new world...Read More
Multimillion-pound budget cuts could see whole departments wiped out...Read More
The notion of the ivory tower is under threat as academics embrace links with industry as a central tenet of their profession - and not just in the hard sciences...Read More
Researchers have become experts in "stealth research" - taking money with the promise of a specific goal and then using it to support a wider "space of play"....Read More
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
AUSTRALIA
The Federal Budget’s launch of the transition to fully funded research has been strongly welcomed by the sector. ..Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
British universities will lose their leading international standing unless they become much more radical in their use of new technology...Read More
The world economic crisis has already begun to affect innovation and research in the better-off countries but this may not be all bad news says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the association of the world's 30 leading economies...Read More
Last week, the government created the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which will have responsibility for higher and further education policy. Nobody would disagree that our universities and colleges are as much about the cultural bedrock of our society as the competitiveness of the economy. So why bring them into a department whose core remit is Britain's economic development?...Read More
The Federal Budget’s launch of the transition to fully funded research has been strongly welcomed by the sector. ..Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
British universities will lose their leading international standing unless they become much more radical in their use of new technology...Read More
The world economic crisis has already begun to affect innovation and research in the better-off countries but this may not be all bad news says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the association of the world's 30 leading economies...Read More
Last week, the government created the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which will have responsibility for higher and further education policy. Nobody would disagree that our universities and colleges are as much about the cultural bedrock of our society as the competitiveness of the economy. So why bring them into a department whose core remit is Britain's economic development?...Read More
Friday, June 19, 2009
NEW ZEALAND
“Minister of Māori affairs, Dr Pita Sharples is right to open up a debate about the low rate of progression by Māori students into universities”...Read More, more, more, more, more
Links between Spain and The University of Auckland will be further strengthened when King Juan Carlos 1 and Queen Sofia pay a visit early next week...Read More
Hon. Bill English, speaking at the ITPNZ conference earlier this week... "restraint (was) now permanent”...Read More
Research by the University of Otago, Christchurch indicates there may be disparities in the quality of public hospital care for Maori inpatients in some clinical areas....Read More
AUSTRALIA
Analysis hits critical mass...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
First Secretary Lord Mandelson answers a series of written questions put to him by Times Higher Education...Read More
Once lauded as incubators of high-tech jobs, science parks find themselves struggling in the new financial environment....Read More
A new expectation is making the list of must-have abilities for today’s students: global competence....Read More
The British Library...has today launched the public version of its 19th century British Library Newspaper website...Read More
A multinational journal giant is understood to be courting vice- chancellors in an effort to win their support for an alternative to open-access institutional research repositories....Read More
Arts and humanities researchers are outperforming their colleagues in the sciences both in terms of their presence on the world stage and quality of their output...Read More
Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries...Read More
Unesco group calls for global ombudsman and index to bolster academic values...Read More
Universities in Africa have been "hollowed out" by the steady stream of scientists moving to developed countries...Read More
With the accessibility of the Internet intersecting with the growth of interdisciplinary study, scientists are now reading a much wider array of journals than ever before. ...Read More
Even the stingiest of alumni are more likely to donate if they're solicited through a personal phone call, a new study finds...Read More
“Minister of Māori affairs, Dr Pita Sharples is right to open up a debate about the low rate of progression by Māori students into universities”...Read More, more, more, more, more
Links between Spain and The University of Auckland will be further strengthened when King Juan Carlos 1 and Queen Sofia pay a visit early next week...Read More
Hon. Bill English, speaking at the ITPNZ conference earlier this week... "restraint (was) now permanent”...Read More
Research by the University of Otago, Christchurch indicates there may be disparities in the quality of public hospital care for Maori inpatients in some clinical areas....Read More
AUSTRALIA
Analysis hits critical mass...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
First Secretary Lord Mandelson answers a series of written questions put to him by Times Higher Education...Read More
Once lauded as incubators of high-tech jobs, science parks find themselves struggling in the new financial environment....Read More
A new expectation is making the list of must-have abilities for today’s students: global competence....Read More
The British Library...has today launched the public version of its 19th century British Library Newspaper website...Read More
A multinational journal giant is understood to be courting vice- chancellors in an effort to win their support for an alternative to open-access institutional research repositories....Read More
Arts and humanities researchers are outperforming their colleagues in the sciences both in terms of their presence on the world stage and quality of their output...Read More
Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries...Read More
Unesco group calls for global ombudsman and index to bolster academic values...Read More
Universities in Africa have been "hollowed out" by the steady stream of scientists moving to developed countries...Read More
With the accessibility of the Internet intersecting with the growth of interdisciplinary study, scientists are now reading a much wider array of journals than ever before. ...Read More
Even the stingiest of alumni are more likely to donate if they're solicited through a personal phone call, a new study finds...Read More
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
NEW ZEALAND
...public and education sectors to provide a framework to see New Zealand out of the recession...Read More
AUTRALIA
AN addiction to readings is stifling literary creativity...Read More
MEDICAL research is increasingly dependent on broadly based collaboration and access to sophisticated infrastructure...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Mr Obama’s status as the Web 2.0 president...Read More
...public and education sectors to provide a framework to see New Zealand out of the recession...Read More
AUTRALIA
AN addiction to readings is stifling literary creativity...Read More
MEDICAL research is increasingly dependent on broadly based collaboration and access to sophisticated infrastructure...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Mr Obama’s status as the Web 2.0 president...Read More
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
NEW ZEALAND
With a growing shortage of scientists, Auckland University has been coming up with new ways to keep secondary students focussed on science...Read More
Ever-growing workloads for staff across the tertiary sector is a problem that needs to be addressed before it starts to significantly erode the quality of education students receive, says TEU president Tom Ryan...Read More
A scientist who has forged important international linkages for New Zealand's science system has been appointed as the University of Otago's new Director (Research)...Read More
Tertiary student leaders and the New Zealand Vice-chancellors Committee are concerned about the recent axing of three Government-funded tertiary student scholarships, in order to "save" $98 million...Read More, more
In the unending tussle between researchers for Government funding, Auckland University claims to have won the latest round -- the Health Research Council's handout of $83.58 million for 70 contracts....Read More, more
The University of Otago has revised its 2009 operating surplus downwards by 40%...Read More
Future demand for tertiary education in New Zealand: 2009 to 2025 and beyond...Read More
Reducing the transaction costs faced by the research community when applying for and using government funding is a priority for MoRST in 2009/10...Read More (pdf)
Three months of investigation by Crown Research Institute AgResearch and Lincoln University have identified that a partnership model would be preferable to a full amalgamation as it will be more cost effective and still achieve significant benefits...Read More and reaction here, here
Ngapuhi and Waikato are the latest iwi to receive assets previously held in trust by Te Ohu Kaimoana, having completed coastline agreements...Read More
This report examines trends in domestic tuition fees under various government policies since 1990...Read More
AUSTRALIA
Professional Science Masters (PSM) are designed to develop advanced scientific knowledge in combination with professional skills...Read More
Violence against foreign students has created a crisis for Australia's federal and state governments...Read More
THE increasing use of sophisticated electronic learning systems will soon make university attendance for students unnecessary...Read More
Australia will become a founding member for a new international multi-sector research project...Read More
THE University of Western Sydney is putting its reputation at risk as teaching quality declines, a new study warns...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Dius is scrapped as new business department gains control of universities and colleges...Read More and more on UK University shake-up here, here, here, here, here, and here
More than 1,000 campaigners have signed a petition demanding the UK research councils reverse their policy to direct funds to "projects whose outcomes are specified in advance"...Read More
Academics blame funding diverted away from arts and humanities subjects in favour of sciences...Read More
Women outperform men in almost every single aspect of higher education...Read More and more about women in the University sector here and here
Higher education’s own responsibility for the failures of ethical leadership in business, the gatekeeper professions, and government should trigger a careful self-assessment...Read More
A global university ranking exercise, rivalling those of China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Britain's QS-Times Higher Education, is set to be launched in 2011...Read More, more
China's education revolution, which has seen an explosion in the number of university entrants, could be stalled by "bottlenecks" in the supply of talented students...Read More
Survey identifies trends at U.S. Colleges that appear to undermine productivity of scholars...Read More
Joint PhDs becoming popular...Read More
A coalition of national and regional college student associations today issued a “Student Statement on the Right to Research,” calling on universities, research funders, and researchers to take action in support of Open Access to research...Read More
Despite odds, cities race to bet on Biotech...Read More
Many hope that higher education will help pull the UK out of recession...Read More
Problems teaching science online...Read More and more on online teaching technology here, UK report here (pdf)
With a growing shortage of scientists, Auckland University has been coming up with new ways to keep secondary students focussed on science...Read More
Ever-growing workloads for staff across the tertiary sector is a problem that needs to be addressed before it starts to significantly erode the quality of education students receive, says TEU president Tom Ryan...Read More
A scientist who has forged important international linkages for New Zealand's science system has been appointed as the University of Otago's new Director (Research)...Read More
Tertiary student leaders and the New Zealand Vice-chancellors Committee are concerned about the recent axing of three Government-funded tertiary student scholarships, in order to "save" $98 million...Read More, more
In the unending tussle between researchers for Government funding, Auckland University claims to have won the latest round -- the Health Research Council's handout of $83.58 million for 70 contracts....Read More, more
The University of Otago has revised its 2009 operating surplus downwards by 40%...Read More
Future demand for tertiary education in New Zealand: 2009 to 2025 and beyond...Read More
Reducing the transaction costs faced by the research community when applying for and using government funding is a priority for MoRST in 2009/10...Read More (pdf)
Three months of investigation by Crown Research Institute AgResearch and Lincoln University have identified that a partnership model would be preferable to a full amalgamation as it will be more cost effective and still achieve significant benefits...Read More and reaction here, here
Ngapuhi and Waikato are the latest iwi to receive assets previously held in trust by Te Ohu Kaimoana, having completed coastline agreements...Read More
This report examines trends in domestic tuition fees under various government policies since 1990...Read More
AUSTRALIA
Professional Science Masters (PSM) are designed to develop advanced scientific knowledge in combination with professional skills...Read More
Violence against foreign students has created a crisis for Australia's federal and state governments...Read More
THE increasing use of sophisticated electronic learning systems will soon make university attendance for students unnecessary...Read More
Australia will become a founding member for a new international multi-sector research project...Read More
THE University of Western Sydney is putting its reputation at risk as teaching quality declines, a new study warns...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
Dius is scrapped as new business department gains control of universities and colleges...Read More and more on UK University shake-up here, here, here, here, here, and here
More than 1,000 campaigners have signed a petition demanding the UK research councils reverse their policy to direct funds to "projects whose outcomes are specified in advance"...Read More
Academics blame funding diverted away from arts and humanities subjects in favour of sciences...Read More
Women outperform men in almost every single aspect of higher education...Read More and more about women in the University sector here and here
Higher education’s own responsibility for the failures of ethical leadership in business, the gatekeeper professions, and government should trigger a careful self-assessment...Read More
A global university ranking exercise, rivalling those of China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Britain's QS-Times Higher Education, is set to be launched in 2011...Read More, more
China's education revolution, which has seen an explosion in the number of university entrants, could be stalled by "bottlenecks" in the supply of talented students...Read More
Survey identifies trends at U.S. Colleges that appear to undermine productivity of scholars...Read More
Joint PhDs becoming popular...Read More
A coalition of national and regional college student associations today issued a “Student Statement on the Right to Research,” calling on universities, research funders, and researchers to take action in support of Open Access to research...Read More
Despite odds, cities race to bet on Biotech...Read More
Many hope that higher education will help pull the UK out of recession...Read More
Problems teaching science online...Read More and more on online teaching technology here, UK report here (pdf)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
EVERYWHERE ELSE
The prospects for women who are scientists and engineers at research universities have improved, although women continue to face inequalities in salary and access to resources, a new report concludes...Read More, more
Turning the ranking tables on their head: how to improve your standing...Read More
The prospects for women who are scientists and engineers at research universities have improved, although women continue to face inequalities in salary and access to resources, a new report concludes...Read More, more
Turning the ranking tables on their head: how to improve your standing...Read More
NEW ZEALAND
The business model underlying Government's science institutions, the Crown Research Institutes or CRIs, is again under scrutiny following the dismissal of Jim Salinger...Read More
An inter-university academy to support Mäori academic and professional leadership will be launched tomorrow in Wellington...Read More
A TechNZ internship programme supported paid work experience for senior information and communication technology undergraduates over the summer holidays, and helped many businesses gain an edge from the student’s research and development skills...Read More
AUSTRALIA
ALL universities should be given clear power to sack their chancellors, a parliamentary inquiry into higher education governance has urged...Read More
Research collaborations between universities, industry and governments play a critical role in building a stronger innovation system...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
THE European Union has decided to enter the university ranking game with a serious rival to the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Times surveys, and is expected next week to announce a consortium to undertake a "multi-dimensional" world ranking....Read More
The Reith Lectures have long been a premier platform for public intellectuals...Read More
In recent years, colleges and universities have encountered increasing pressure to operate like businesses.,,Read More
News on EU Research Policy and Programmes...Read More (pdf)
Are medical researchers and journals too close to the pharmaceutical industry for comfort...Read More
The establishment of teaching-only universities to subsidise a few elite research powerhouses has been put forward as part of a model for a perfect university system...Read More
Call to free universities from government control and maximise earnings...Read More
In a bold move to rapidly expand research capacity of its universities, China's Ministry of Education is helping underwrite the costs of recruiting and retaining 2,000 foreign experts...Read More
University cutbacks threaten the UK's reputation for research and innovation, says a new report...Read More
Amidst frantic attempts to save struggling car-makers from bankruptcy, political leaders in Berlin will decide this week on an €18-billion (US$25-billion) package to make German science and universities fit for the next decade...Read More
The plight of the part-time PhD student has been laid bare in a new report that calls on universities to strengthen their support for an often isolated and stressed-out group of researchers....Read More
Tech Company Helps South Korean Students Ace Entrance Tests...Read More
The business model underlying Government's science institutions, the Crown Research Institutes or CRIs, is again under scrutiny following the dismissal of Jim Salinger...Read More
An inter-university academy to support Mäori academic and professional leadership will be launched tomorrow in Wellington...Read More
A TechNZ internship programme supported paid work experience for senior information and communication technology undergraduates over the summer holidays, and helped many businesses gain an edge from the student’s research and development skills...Read More
AUSTRALIA
ALL universities should be given clear power to sack their chancellors, a parliamentary inquiry into higher education governance has urged...Read More
Research collaborations between universities, industry and governments play a critical role in building a stronger innovation system...Read More
EVERYWHERE ELSE
THE European Union has decided to enter the university ranking game with a serious rival to the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Times surveys, and is expected next week to announce a consortium to undertake a "multi-dimensional" world ranking....Read More
The Reith Lectures have long been a premier platform for public intellectuals...Read More
In recent years, colleges and universities have encountered increasing pressure to operate like businesses.,,Read More
News on EU Research Policy and Programmes...Read More (pdf)
Are medical researchers and journals too close to the pharmaceutical industry for comfort...Read More
The establishment of teaching-only universities to subsidise a few elite research powerhouses has been put forward as part of a model for a perfect university system...Read More
Call to free universities from government control and maximise earnings...Read More
In a bold move to rapidly expand research capacity of its universities, China's Ministry of Education is helping underwrite the costs of recruiting and retaining 2,000 foreign experts...Read More
University cutbacks threaten the UK's reputation for research and innovation, says a new report...Read More
Amidst frantic attempts to save struggling car-makers from bankruptcy, political leaders in Berlin will decide this week on an €18-billion (US$25-billion) package to make German science and universities fit for the next decade...Read More
The plight of the part-time PhD student has been laid bare in a new report that calls on universities to strengthen their support for an often isolated and stressed-out group of researchers....Read More
Tech Company Helps South Korean Students Ace Entrance Tests...Read More
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
NEW ZEALAND 2009 BUDGET SPECIAL
NZVCC - Budget 2009 has dealt universities a body blow, denied students study opportunities and raised serious concerns over future Government support for the university system...Read More, more, more, more
Otago University - New Zealand universities face hard decisions as a result of changes to tertiary education funding in the Government's 2009 Budget, University of Otago vice-chancellor Professor David Skegg says...Read More
AUT/Auckland University - The Budget has delivered a "body blow" to universities that will see academics running overseas for a more secure income, says one sector leader...Read More
Massey University - The Government needs to stop ignoring tertiary education if it wants to find a way out of the recession, Massey University vice-chancellor Steve Maharey warns...Read More
RSNZ - Budget initiatives announced today in support of science and research are a big step in the right direction...Read More, more
Science New Zealand - We are delighted to see that, in a very constrained environment, Budget 2009 has delivered some real increases to benchtop RS&T...Read More
TEU - Minister of Education Anne Tolley has shown not just a lack of empathy but a failure to understand economics according to TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs...Read More
Students - The Government has slashed $98 million dollars worth of scholarships in its recent budget announcement, which has not sat well with students...Read More, more, more
Commentators - New Zealand's universities are counting the costs of last week's government budget...Read More
Otago University - New Zealand universities face hard decisions as a result of changes to tertiary education funding in the Government's 2009 Budget, University of Otago vice-chancellor Professor David Skegg says...Read More
AUT/Auckland University - The Budget has delivered a "body blow" to universities that will see academics running overseas for a more secure income, says one sector leader...Read More
Massey University - The Government needs to stop ignoring tertiary education if it wants to find a way out of the recession, Massey University vice-chancellor Steve Maharey warns...Read More
RSNZ - Budget initiatives announced today in support of science and research are a big step in the right direction...Read More, more
Science New Zealand - We are delighted to see that, in a very constrained environment, Budget 2009 has delivered some real increases to benchtop RS&T...Read More
TEU - Minister of Education Anne Tolley has shown not just a lack of empathy but a failure to understand economics according to TEU national secretary Sharn Riggs...Read More
Students - The Government has slashed $98 million dollars worth of scholarships in its recent budget announcement, which has not sat well with students...Read More, more, more
Commentators - New Zealand's universities are counting the costs of last week's government budget...Read More
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