Category Archives: tertiary education

Roxana, a Romanian student on an Erasmus exchange programme, “learned to look beyond stereotypes”

Posted on 19 March 2019 by GEM Report

This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. The EU’s higher education strategy includes a target for at least 20% of graduates to experience part of their study or training abroad. Erasmus is … Continue reading →

Posted in higher education, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, scholarships, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019 gem report, 2019 Youth Report, higher education, migrants, migration, target 4.b, tertiary education | 1 Comment

A new Qualifications Passport has global potential for recognising refugees’ qualifications

Posted on 20 December 2018 by GEM Report

By Terje Mørland, Director General in the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) and Stig Arne Skjerven, Director of Foreign Education / Norwegian ENIC-NARIC in NOKUT and elected president of the European Network of Information Centres in the … Continue reading →

Posted in migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged displaced populations, higher education, migration, refugees, tertiary education | 5 Comments

What a waste: Ensure migrants and refugees’ qualifications and prior learning are recognized

Posted on 18 December 2018 by GEM Report

Presented at the Global Education Meeting in Brussels, a new paper produced by our Report in collaboration with Education Above All and UNHCR shows that over a third of highly educated immigrants were overqualified for their jobs, compared to a … Continue reading →

Posted in immigrant, migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged displaced populations, higher education, migration, refugees, tertiary education | 2 Comments

Hungarian university suspends education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers

Posted on 10 September 2018 by GEM Report

Two weeks ago the Central European University (CEU) announced it was being forced to suspend its education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers because of new tax legislation that came into effect on August 24. The law implies a 25% … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019 gem report, higher education, migration, refugee education, refugees, target 4.b | 5 Comments

Everyone benefits from diversity on campus – why the problem with affirmative action?

Posted on 6 July 2018 by GEM Report

This week, affirmative action has been making the headlines in the United States. First introduced by President Kennedy in 1961, the policy was designed to ensure non-discrimination in university enrollment. Although originally some universities used strict quotas to admit a … Continue reading →

Posted in higher education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged affirmative action, higher education, Inclusion, target 4.b, tertiary education | 1 Comment

The Chilean students are back for more: protesting for education equality

Posted on 30 March 2018 by GEM Report

For the third time in the past 12 years, Chilean students are back on the streets calling for equality in education. This time they are protesting a decision taken by the Constitutional Tribunal to overturn the Higher Education Law, which … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, higher education, right to education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, Chile, higher education, right to education, Target 4.3, tertiary education | 6 Comments

#FeesMustFall: Developments in South African Fees Struggles

Posted on 19 December 2017 by GEM Report

by Dylan Barry, a post-graduate physics student at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He headed up the #FeesMustFall News Media task team in 2015, and the #FeesMustFall Economic Research task team in 2016 at the University of … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Equality, Post-secondary education, tertiary education | Tagged finance, RTE campaign, south africa, Target 4.3 | Leave a comment

South African inquiry finds free university education is not viable

Posted on 14 November 2017 by GEM Report

The long-awaited report by the South African Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training, released by President Jacob Zuma on Monday, has concluded that it is not feasible for South Africa to abolish fees for higher education. This inquiry … Continue reading →

Posted in tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged higher education, south africa, Target 4.3, tuition fees | 1 Comment

Let teachers teach: The dangers of expanding teacher workloads

Posted on 5 October 2017 by GEM Report

Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we look at one of the findings in the 2017/8 GEM Report on accountability in education due out later this month. The Report celebrates the undeniably critical role that teachers play in any education system: … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Teachers, teaching, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, target 4.c, teacher, teachers, teaching | 7 Comments

How to open doors to higher education for all: Look to the state of New York

Posted on 8 June 2017 by GEM Report

Jim Malatras, President, Rockefeller Institute of Government says that New York’s recent offer of free tuition for state residents is a game changer for making higher education accessible to all. In today’s world, the lack of economic means shouldn’t stifle … Continue reading →