Category: Worldwide PSE

The Global Outlook for International Education

Note: This blog is adapted from a talk I gave to the U21 Network’s COO Network yesterday at McMaster University There has been a lot happening lately in the world of student mobility and international mobility. Seems like a good time to take a minute and look at the big picture. Let’s start on the side of the “sending” countries. Data for China in the last couple of years is pretty spotty—a lot of the “information” you see comes from surveys conducted

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (May 19th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  The highlight of today’s newsletter – we share a research paper that proposes an Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale to integrate GenAI in educational assessment. You’ll also learn about the new version of ChatGPT – GPT-4o. Read below! Next Roundtable Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 28th, 2024Time: 12h00-1h00PM ET Join us Tuesday, May 28th, from 12:00PM to 1:00PM ET, for our next AI Roundtable, which will focus on Decolonization. In this session, we will have the pleasure to

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European Universities Association

When you think about big, visionary ideas in higher education, an abnormal number of them over the past few decades have comes from Europe. The Erasmus Program. The Bologna Process. Diploma Supplements. An effort-based credit system. Tuning. Challenge-based research competitions. European University Alliances. European Degrees. And while these ideas have many sources, an abnormally high proportion of them comes from one place: the City of Brussels and the supra-national European Commission which resides there.  At a certain level, this is

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European University Alliances

For a long time, whatever came out of Europe in terms of big higher education ideas made waves overseas. The Bologna Process was widely imitated, or at least name-dropped as something that it would be good to do (I remember people talking about a Canadian Bologna Process, even though we were already a common higher education area). Erasmus, diploma supplements, the Tuning Process have all also have their moments in the sun. But, over the last four years, there has

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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (May 12th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  In today’s newsletter, you’ll find articles about US community colleges’ responses to AI, recommendations on where educators should focus their attention with respect to this technology, and reflections on the future of higher ed and critical thinking.  If you’ve missed our latest One Thought to Start Your Day blog on AI, you can read it here.  Finally, don’t miss out on the last AI Roundtable of our 2024 Winter series, focusing on Decolonization. See below for

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