The Times Higher Education Top 100 Universities Under 50 years old was released recently for 2013 and revealed some good results and improvement for institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2013, 6 of the top 20 institutions are from the…

The Gaokao (which translates roughly as the high test) is China’s National Higher Education Entrance Examination (NCEE), akin to the SAT in the United States. During the once a year offering of the gaokao, the entire country holds its collective…

April 2013 – Research Outputs Cycle 2013 The Research Outputs (RO) reporting cycle to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DoHET) which requires all universities to submit their accredited research outputs on 15 May, is almost upon us. Background…
Growing Europe’s Economy

It is hard to not pick up the newspaper today or listen to the nightly news without hearing a story about another country within the European Union that is requesting money to prevent its economy from collapse.  From Greece to…

With the next Australian Federal Election scheduled for 14 September 2013, Universities Australia under the banner of A Smarter Australia have released a policy advice document for an incoming government. Central to the advice is planning for a long-term, sustainable…

For the past two months, I have been discussing a multi-institutional approach to a Research Administration project.  We have reviewed the overall purpose of this strategy, as well as the challenges for implementation.  In the final article on this topic,…