The release of the second edition of the QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe & Central Asia (EECA) sees Russian universities holding their position at the top of the rankings for 2015/16. For the second year in a row, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Novosibirsk State University are ranked number 1 and number 2 respectively in

Policy Exchange, an influential UK think tank, has suggested the government redistributes more than £500 million from university funds to further education colleges, in a report released this week. The report – Higher, Further, Faster, More: Improving higher level professional and technical education – begins with a quote taken from King’s College professor, Baroness Alison

Cloud computing – the idea of combining computing resources online – is still a fairly new concept. The term was first introduced in 2006 by Google’s former CEO, Eric Schmidt, and has gone on to become the standard in modern-day computing. It can come with its own set of challenges and limitations, but even so,

Skype is becoming more and more integrated into the world of professional recruitment; it makes sense for higher education institutions to follow suit when it comes to international student recruitment. Commonly-used, free technologies like Skype can help reduce international student recruitment costs, keeping the ROI nice and high. It’s also a lot cheaper for prospective

While massive open online courses (MOOCs) have garnered a great deal of attention over the past few years, their effectiveness – and what role they can serve in higher education – has been called into question in some quarters. Data provided by course platforms Coursera and edX has shown that, while over 25 million people