20 January 2019  Issue No: 535

A new law in India extending caste-based quotas in government jobs and education to economically disadvantaged people of dominant castes will shake up the higher education sector by reserving an additional 10% of seats – or an estimated additional 3.5 million places – for the new category.

Research ethics and integrity, from being barely mentioned several years ago, has risen quickly to become one of the top strategic priorities in doctoral education in Europe, according to a landscape report published by the European University Association’s Council for Doctoral Education.

Vietnam is heavily committed to internationalisation of higher education and its efforts have had positive effects. However, concerns about inequity and inequality have emerged from the fragmented and ad-hoc way internationalisation is being implemented. A rethink away from a neocolonial approach is needed.

United States colleges fear the rising tensions with China and the potential economic slump there will do far more damage to US higher education than the long controversy over President Donald Trump’s travel ban and immigration policies, and the threats are not just coming from the American side.