By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Introduction The new bachelor’s and master’s ‘Bologna degrees’ started filtering into evaluators’ inboxes at World Education Services (WES) soon after the first graduating class – 2002/03 – began applying for a U.S. equivalency of their newly awarded degrees. As…
Regional EU, India Sign Scholarship Deal The EU and India in November concluded an agreement that will boost economic, political and scientific ties between the 25-member bloc and the world’s largest democracy. The pact paves the way for the EU and India to co-operate on…
By Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR CLICK TO READ OUT LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN Pakistan currently suffers from large fiscal and trade deficits, the absence of a strong middle class and weak foreign investment. Economic growth is sluggish with 48 million Pakistanis (33 percent…
Regional Mandela Fund to Support Pan-African Science and Technology Institute Donors and education experts have launched a foundation to promote science and technology in Sub-Saharan Africa through the creation of a multi-campus university in a bid to begin the process of stemming the flow of…
Regional 5 Former Soviet Republics Apply for Bologna Membership Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have submitted applications for membership of the Bologna educational integration process, complete with national reports available online at the Bologna-Bergen Summit website. As part of the European project to harmonize…