Quite an unusual gift will be given to all the undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (about 4,500 of them) at autumn 2014: USD 100…worth of bitcoins. Bitcoin is a virtual currency using a peer-to-peer network to make payments. Currently* one bitcoin can be bought for USD 653 according to Coinbase.
Pearson have published their Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment for 2014. The Index ranks countries based on cognitive skills (PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS scores in Reading, Maths and Science) and educational attainment (literacy and graduation rates). Heading up the 2014 ranking are the Asian educational powerhouse countries of South Korea, Japan and
By Martin Ince Senior representatives of the three main global university rankings and the newest arrival on the scene came together for the first time at a conference in London jointly organised by the IREG Observatory on University Ranking and the QS Intelligence Unit. The discussion of future developments in rankings formed part of the
By John O’Leary The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, accepted the first copy of the new QS Asian Rankings when he received a personal briefing on international higher education at his official residence in New Delhi this week.
By Martin Ince Japan’s universities will be the big winners in prime minister Shinzo Abe’s push to globalise the nation’s economy and society, according to his remarks at a Mayday meeting of British and Japanese universities that formed a significant part of his recent visit to the UK. He told a conference of university leaders
China has always been an exciting market for universities leaders around the world, for the consideration on students recruitment, research links, teaching, enterprise, just to name a few. However, it might not be that easy to penetrate into the Chinese market, needless to say, to have a successful overseas campus authorised by the Chinese Ministry