By George Brown A Brief Critique of Australian and American Approaches to Qualification Verification and Authentication Credentials are everywhere, and are important signifiers of an individual’s competence and/or bona fides. Each day, we use PIN numbers to access our accounts, sign letters to authenticate documents,…
Austria EU to Step in to Solve Admissions Dilemma An EU working group looking into the mobility of students will be set up to investigate fears that upwards of 60,000 German students will flood the university system in Austria. The European Court of Justice ruled…
Regional Britain Plans Brain Drain Compensation Britain is working on ways to compensate African countries for the thousands of medical professionals who leave the continent to work in Britain’s national health service. There are no plans to provide outright financial compensation for the so-called medical…
Belarus ‘Politicized’ Students to be Purged; Minister to Appoint Heads of Private Schools Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou announced to the Chamber of Representatives Oct. 3 that one of his ministry’s duties is to ensure that the educational process is not “politicized,” Belapan news agency reported….
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Australia Education 4th-Largest Export Industry Foreign students now constitute 18 percent of student enrollments at Australian institutions of higher education, according to a recently issued government report, ”Education Without…