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Choosing a university course and the new never-ending learning lifecycle

ON: 03 Feb 2012

In today’s globalised world, choosing a country, university and a course to study can be a daunting prospect for anyone, so how can you make sure you pick the most suitable path for you? The domination of English language as the means of instruction in higher education worldwide has added to the vast availability and extensive range of subjects, meaning that current students are spoiled for choice. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/122/42...

The Global Impact of the Olympics

ON: 12 Jul 2011

Following the on last year successful inaugural Sports Marketing conference the University of Northampton Business School is hosting tomorrow Wednesday, 13 July the ‘Examining the Global Impact of the Olympics’ conference. The conference focus is the London 2012 Olympics and the legacies of the games. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/special_topics/topic_detail/30...

Interview with Professor Tony Fell about research ethics

ON: 11 Jul 2011

An interview with Professor Tony Fell, Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, UKCGE Executive Committee, during the recent “Good Practice in Research Ethics” event of UKCGE (The UK Council for Graduate Education at Austin Court, Birmingham, UK) addressing issues in “research ethics”. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/447...

Dr Fiona Denney presenting issues in Research Ethics

ON: 30 Jun 2011

A video interview with Dr Fiona Denney, Head of Graduate Development, King’s College London addressing the questions: Is there a way for ‘academia’ to ensure continues improvement & development of researchers’ skills & how that can happen? Do young & especially part-time PhD researchers need continues support & training related with research ethics and why? How important are ‘research ethics’ in the implementation & development of the resea...

Research Ethics with Dr Andrew Rawnsley

ON: 30 Jun 2011

A video interview with Dr Andrew Rawnsley (research governance & training manager, Teesside University & UKCGE executive committee) addressing the questions: The differences between UK and North America approach regarding research ethics? How important is continuous training and development for the research ethics agenda? How can we improve the effectiveness of training and embed sound ethical practice into research activities? Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/445...

BMAF Internationalisation SIG Conference

ON: 15 Jun 2011

4th BMAF Internationalisation SIG Conference: Internationalisation – A Strategy for the Future, is scheduled this year for Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June 2011 and will be hosted by Nottingham Trent University. This year's theme is: Internationalisation: a strategy for the future. Over the two days, participants will have the opportunity to network and attend valuable and inspiring sessions, presented by a series of distinguished presenters and keynote speakers. Read more: http://www....

The 9th AEME (The Association for Events Management Education) Events Management Educators Forum

ON: 13 Jun 2011

The 9th AEME (The Association for Events Management Education) Events Management Educators Forum will be hosted by the University of Wolverhampton at their Telford Campus, on 13-14 July 2011. The main aim of the forum is to explore the theme of "securing the future". Special focus will be given to the challenges that both the events and venue management industry and related university education are facing while looking into the future. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/special_topics/topic_d...

Ashridge international research conference

ON: 17 May 2011

This multidisciplinary international conference is aiming at bring together scholars, executive leaders and policy makers working in the areas of international business and marketing, organisational behaviour, strategy, education, public affairs, economics, management and leadership. The conference focuses on a change of mindset and the implementation of the long term sustainability agenda, and combines the interests of academics and practitioners. Read more...

Greek Debt Crisis and Internationalisation of Higher Education: Review of the Dialogue on the New Proposed National Strategy

ON: 07 May 2011

The recent debt crisis brought Greece at the centre of the world’s attention, mostly for all the negative reasons. A lot have been said about the causes of the Greek debt crisis and even more about the role of International Monetary Fund in imposing its Structural Adjustment Programmes. In May 9th 2010 Greece singed the memorandum of understanding which incorporates a list of… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/95/38...

Leaders in global higher education: an Interview with Thomas Wilhelmsson, Rector, University of Helsinki, Finland

ON: 07 May 2011

Anglohigher®: Dear Thomas thank you very much for the interview. I would like to start with some difficult questions. The Finnish education system is highly advanced, by any international standards, and… T. Wilhelmsson: So far Finnish universities are prevented by law from collecting tuition fees for education leading to an academic degree. However, the developments in the UK and elsewhere in Europe have… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/96/38...

Communication Skills for Success: Tourism Industry Specific Guidelines

ON: 06 May 2011

Tourism is an industry that sells intangible experiences. Communication is vital to the success of tourism businesses since it is only through the effective use of communication that tourism marketers can offer to customers tangible cues about those intangible experiences. Also, while communication is an essential component in the conduct of any service business, it has got an overarching role in tourism... Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/97/38 ...

The Portuguese language and its place in the 21st century

ON: 06 May 2011

In a world increasingly revealed by the universal media, shortened by electronic communication resources and standardized by the comfort of the general use of English as the lingua franca, there is a viral urge for the identification and preservation of regional identities. Social identity means primarily linguistic identity. And one of the most striking characteristics of Brazil… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/98/38...

Feedback from the 2011 AIEA Annual Conference, February 20-23, San Francisco, USA

ON: 05 May 2011

The Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) is an American organization for professionals in the field of international higher education. This year their annual conference took place between 20 and 23 February in San Francisco, California, with the theme being Competition and Collaboration in the Global Transformation of Higher Education. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/99/38...

An Interview with Juan Ramon de la Fuente, President of IAU - International Association of Universities

ON: 04 May 2011

Anglohigher® : Dear Juan Ramon, thank you very much for this interview. I would like to begin with an obvious question. What are the main priorities of IAU? J. Ramon: IAU, founded in 1950, is a truly worldwide association of higher education institutions. It brings together institutions and organisations from some 150 countries for reflection and action, on common concerns, and collaborates with various… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/100/38...

University Rankings

ON: 02 May 2011

In recent years, we have noticed an explosion of the number of global rankings (Shanghai ARWU ranking, QS World University Ranking, Webometrics Ranking of World Universities in 2005, HEEACT Global Ranking in 2007, Russian World University Ranking in 2009, Times Higher Education World University Rankings and so on). Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/101/38...

Plagiarism Pandemic?

ON: 02 May 2011

Over the recent years we have witnessed the pandemic of plagiarism, the controversies and sagas related with such incidences resurfacing again worldwide and with increasing frequency. What is interesting is that now the key issue seems not to be the undergraduate or Master students, but academics and those that could fit - in certain circumstances - the title ‘pillars of the society’… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/magazines/magazine_detail/102/38...

IAU 3rd Global Survey Report an interview with Eva Egron-Polak and Ross Hudson

ON: 01 May 2011

After the recent publication of the 3rd Global Survey Report’ of the International Association of Universities (IAU) titled Internationalization of Higher Education: Global Trends, Regional Perspectives, we approached Eva Egron-Polak, IAU Secretary General and Ross Hudson, IAU Programme Officer with some key questions regarding the internationalization of global higher education and the latest IAU global survey. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/441...

Business Model Generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers

ON: 29 Apr 2011

This book claims an impressive four hundred and seventy practitioners in forty seven countries as contributors. As such it represents a very broad spectrum of, as it says “powerful simple tested tools for understanding, designing, reworking, and implementing business models”. It is an impressively comprehensive compendium of many of the most current ideas concerning the structure and development of businesses. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/key_announce/key_announce_detail/12...

Review: International Association of Universities (IAU) 3rd Global Survey Report ISBN-13: 978-92-9002-190-2

ON: 29 Apr 2011

The book draws upon an extensive survey of global HE institutions and continues to build successfully on issues that were acknowledged in the previous IAU surveys published in 2003 and 2005. The contributors to the book are key players in their respective fields and, therefore, are well positioned to comment on issues impacting upon Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s). Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/key_announce/key_announce_detail/10...

The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer

ON: 29 Apr 2011

In his book entitled ‘The McDonaldization of Society’, George Ritzer nicely encompasses concepts from sociology, management, and economics to provide a profound understanding of our modern society. According to George Ritzer, McDonaldization is defined as the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as... Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/key_announce/key_announce_detail/11...

Internationalization of Higher Education: Global Trends, Regional Perspectives, IAU 3rd Global Survey Report

ON: 28 Apr 2011

This extensive new global survey of the university sector provides to top managers, academics and other professionals a new perspective and a point of reference in relation to the international activities of higher education. Based on the participation and responses from 745 higher education institutions worldwide, representing 115 different countries and close to 20 national university associations… Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/435 ...

Can MBA education help managers efficiency? The Open University argues, yes!

ON: 28 Apr 2011

What is the influence of culture, lifestyle and perception on the way of thinking and decision making, especially at a high managerial level? Can education and training help students to develop individual, imaginative solutions and consequently create a climate for positive change in their company, which will benefit the organisation and the society? Will that process produce more efficient executives with better career potentials? Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/436 ...

Early stage capital funding in need of Angel Academies

ON: 28 Apr 2011

Early stage capital funding in need of Angel Academies? There is an urgent need for the development of ‘Angel Academies’ to help early-stage business and new ventures. This is the conclusion of a group of leading academics from Queens University Belfast and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. This has been a result of a new study titled: Business Angel Investing as a Learning Process. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/434...

EU Funds Symposium and Award Ceremony March 2011 in Berlin, Germany

ON: 28 Apr 2011

EU Funds Symposium and European Knowledge Award Ceremony together from 28 to 30 March 2011 in Berlin, Germany The European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law is scheduled to hold its 6th annual symposium of EU Funds on March 2011. Anglohigher® presents to you and overview of the scheduled event and have obtained exclusive comments from Stephanie Matthes, Public Relations Manager, of the European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law. Read more: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/438...

QS Middle East and Africa 2011 higher education conference

ON: 28 Apr 2011

QS Middle East and Africa higher education conference, a key event for global higher education in 2011 QS has announced the first QS Middle East and Africa higher education conference (1st QS-MAPLE). The international and regional educators are invited to meet during the 1st QS-MAPLE, which will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 1st until 2nd May 2011. Read More: http://www.anglohigher.com/pages/index/440...