http://ontheuniversity.com Just another CommonGroundPublishing weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:07:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From University World News Europe produces more research papers than the US or Japan but needs an influx of venture capital to turn inventions into commercial success, according to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU commissioner for research, innovation and science. The Euractiv.com newsletter says that as the EU's newly- installed innovation commissioner, Geoghegan-Quinn ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/03/17/europe-turing-science-into-commerce/ From the journal First Monday: The early twenty–first century networked information economy has generated new communicative fields and literacies, and new forms of knowledge production, sociality and creative expression. The emergence of decentralized techno–fields, such as Facebook, Twitter, Second Life and virtual gaming communities, on teaching, learning, institutional hierarchies and sources ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/03/16/vanguard-laggard-or-relic-the-possible-futures-of-h-igher-education-after-the-epistemic-revolution/ From Declan Butler in Nature: Every autumn, politicians, university administrators, funding offices and countless students wait impatiently for the World University Rankings produced by Britain's Times Higher Education(THE) magazine. A position in the upper echelons of the THEranking can influence policy-makers' higher-education investments, determine which institutions attract the best researchers or students, and ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/03/07/university-rankings-smarten-up/ From an editorial in Nature: Young scientists at a Chinese genomics institute are foregoing conventional postgraduate training for the chance to be part of major scientific initiatives. Is this the way of the future? The approach to extended postgraduate training varies from country to country. The United States and Europe, for example, ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/03/06/do-scientists-really-need-a-phd/ From University World News The European Union plans to publish a worldwide ranking of universities next year that it hopes will rival existing global league tables. The aim is to boost the place of European universities in the Shanghai Jiao Tong and Times Higher Education ranking systems, both dominated by US ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/02/11/europe-developing-a-worldwide-league-table/ From Associated Press writer Holly Ramer: CONCORD, N.H.—The president of the University of New Hampshire outlined a 10-year strategic plan Tuesday he says is necessary to keep the state's flagship public university from eventually sinking. If the current trend continues, the typical New Hampshire family will be paying 75 percent of its ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/02/05/university-of-new-hampshire-president-says-change-or-go-under/ From John Morgan in Times Higher Education var pgtitle = "China spends as Uncle Sam tightens the purse strings"; var byline = "John Morgan"; China and other Asian countries are responding to the global recession with massive public investment in higher education while Western nations cut university budgets, an international conference has heard. Among ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/01/25/china-spends-as-uncle-sam-tightens-the-purse-strings-forum-reveals-key-divergence-in-approaches-to-academy-funding/ From Andrew Trounson and Christian Kerr in The Australian Australia is in denial on racially motivated attacks against international students and has failed to take action to deal with the issue, an internationally respected Australian academic has told a major conference in Switzerland. Melbourne University professor Simon Marginson, delivering ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/01/14/indian-assault-response-decried/ From Craig Lambert, in Harvard Magazine Near the University of Bologna—the world’s oldest, founded in 1088—is a medieval museum displaying carved memorial plaques that honor great professors of the past. “They all show the professor on the podium, with the students below,” says Thomas Forrest Kelly, Knafel professor of music. “Often ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/12/14/professor-video-visual-audio-and-interactive-media-are-transforming-the-college-classroom/ From Alan Osborn, in University World News European universities have less ability to manage their own affairs than is generally realised and less than is desirable, according to a new survey by the European University Association. The report covers 33 countries and finds that genuine autonomy is lacking in several critical ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/12/07/europe-universities-still-lack-full-autonomy/ From Sarah King Head, University World News. Although a recent report applauded the fact that the number of foreign students attending American colleges and universities hit a new peak in 2008, a disaggregation of the data reveals worrisome underlying trends in undergraduate and graduate student numbers. More than 670,000 foreign students enrolled ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/12/04/us-shifting-balance-of-foreign-students/ From Geoff Maslen at University World News A rapidly growing number of universities across the world are establishing branch campuses in other countries. In fact, the number has almost doubled to 162 in the past three years alone and has jumped eight-fold since 2002. Although the US continues to dominate with ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/12/02/global-huge-expansion-in-overseas-campuses/ A new book by Amanda H. Goodall says, “Yes.” Dr. Goodall is a Leverhulme Fellow at Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick in the UK. Her book is Socrates in the Boardroom: Why Research Universities Should Be Led by Top Scholars (Princeton University Press, 2009). To quote an ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/11/24/should-accomplished-scholars-lead-research-universities/ From Wagdy Sawahel, in University World News. The 57 Islamic states have approved a plan to upgrade their universities as a means of achieving world-class status, as well as reforming them to become "functional developmental institutes" providing valuable resources for business, industry and society. The plan was announced at a workshop, Achieving ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/11/16/islamic-world-plan-to-reform-nations-universities/ From Wagdy Sawahel, in University World News. As a result of plagiarism and academic misconduct scandals associated with the country's newly appointed Science Minister, Iranian professors in US-based universities and research centres have called on their peers at home to uphold high ethical standards, including safeguarding the integrity of the academy, ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/11/05/iran-misconduct-prompts-call-for-ethical-standards/ From Geoff Maslen, in University World News. American universities again dominate the latest Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings as they have for the past six years. Released last Friday, almost a week earlier than expected, the rankings place US universities in all but three of the top 20 spots with Harvard, Stanford ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/11/03/global-us-again-leads-world-rankings/ By Philip Fine, Wagdy Sawahel and Maya Jarjour University World News Women outnumber men in worldwide university enrolments and graduation rates, according to Unesco's 2009 Global Education Digest. The number of female students in tertiary education rose six-fold between 1970 and 2007compared with a quadrupling of male enrolments during the same ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/10/31/global-women-no-longer-the-second-sex/ The final issue of Volume 2 of the Journal of the World Universities Forum has now been published. Volume 2, Number 6 contains: Promoting Cultural Competence in a Canadian Curriculum: International Nursing Practicum Offerings in the Philippines, India and the Kingdom of Tonga by Renate Gibbs and Dianne Perry. Children Literature: What do ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/10/27/journal-of-the-world-universities-forum-volume-2-now-complete/ By Fazal Rizvi, Bob Lingard Routledge Taylor & Francis Group List Price: $45.95 ISBN: 978-0-415-41627-6 Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback) Published by: Routledge Publication Date: 13/08/2009 Pages: 240 About the Book Rizvi and Lingard's account of the global politics of education is thoughtful, complex and compelling. It is the first really comprehensive discussion and analysis of global ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/10/26/globalizing-education-policy/ Congratulations to Kerry Maree Lee, the winner of the International Award for Excellence in the world universities field  for her paper Getting the Most Bang for your Buck: A Case Study in Maximising Scholarship Investment Abstract: In order to maximise researchers’ time, universities often offer scholarships to graduate or undergraduate students to undertake basic ... http://ontheuniversity.com/2009/10/09/announcing-the-winner-of-the-international-award-for-excellence/