It is difficult to imagine a group of people more stricken by the UK’s vote to leave the EU than the 5200 people from 80 countries who assembled for the recent European Association for International Education (EAIE) conference. Laura Howard, ...

The preliminary findings of a Deakin University study suggest that the key to fighting Islamophobia is teaching people about Islam. The preliminary findings of the Muslims and Islamic Religiosity in the West research project included 57 per cent of 304 survey responses ...

A data aberration has caused Charles Sturt University to be misrepresented in the latest federal Education Department statistics. These figures reported that almost half of the university’s international students drop out in their first year. The Education Department’s Selected Higher Education ...

With the federal election over, it’s time for action and implementation; that means the right ministry, and dollars to spend. The recent federal election and swearing in of a new ministry serve as a reminder to international education stakeholders that ...

Australia is a world leader in considering access and quality issues in widening access to higher education Last month, the OECD hosted the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) General Conference, titled Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education. The conference ...

Students attending the University of Chicago are no longer required to swim for their degrees, ending a 60-year tradition that upset a number of undergraduates. They will no longer have to pass a swim test or take a swimming course ...

A substance used in medical procedures and cosmetically to erase wrinkles, could also treat bladder related problems of women, a new study has found. Botox injections work in the same way as daily pills do to treat urinary incontinence. It ...

Scientists at two British universities are working on a project to create a simulated bee brain to implant into robots, in the hope that the machines will mimic the actions of a real bee. The project is being led by ...

A group of medical students from the University of Science, Malaysia has allegedly been brainwashed into abandoning their studies by a Buddhist monk. Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia lay adviser Chong Hung Wang said the student Buddhist association from the ...

A botched attempt at a small increase in school class sizes has drawn attention away from the growing problem of teacher development. We have been through interesting times over here in New Zealand. It all started about six weeks ago ...