Vietnam: Slashing Enrolment for Quality Australia: New Australian MOOC Canada: $23m for international education strategy UK: Competition & UK Universities
QSIU HE Digest – Survey of Professors Running MOOCs
MOOC: Survey of Professors Running MOOCs Malaysia: New Education Promotion Agency China: Younger Students Going Abroad Russia: Gauging Universities by Grad Employment
QSIU HE Digest – Emerging University Models
IPPR Report: Emerging University Models China: Online Course Gaining Popularity LATAM: HE in LATAM & The English Language Student Mobility: Deterred by Information Gaps
Spotlight On Taiwan’s Universities: Low Fees, Booming Enrolments

A Reader’s Digest poll last month found that Taiwan offers some of the best value-for-money degrees in Asia. But political and demographic change may mean that the island’s higher education system will need a new economic model in years to come. In a recent interview with Higher EducationWorld, Han-Sun (Vincent) Chiang, president of Fu Jen
2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject: What’s Coming Up?

Surviving The MOOC Frenzy

Don’t panic just yet. Despite everything you have heard about Massive Open Online Courses, your university will probably survive the current MOOC frenzy. A meeting earlier this month at the University of London drew a lively audience of about 150 people to debate the MOOC phenomenon. Run by the University itself, which has been delivering
Global geographies of higher education: The perspective of world university rankings
Over the past decade, annually published world university rankings have captured the attention of university managers, policy makers, employers, academics and the wider public. Many national governments have implemented neoliberal reforms in higher education and increased the autonomy of their universities to enhance international competitiveness. Several universities have adjusted their strategic plans to climb up
Open Badges Project
Harvard Business Review has identified several key innovation trends to expect in 2013, one of which is awarding learners (mainly those taking online courses as part of university distance courses, MOOCs or job trainings) with digital badges, rather than classic certificates or degrees. These are “a new type of credential being developed by some of