Tag Archives: higher education

Can universities survive the uncertainty of COVID-19?

Posted on 27 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog English / Español The financial model that held up many of the world’s largest universities is under threat. The pandemic has put the fees associated with university degrees in question. Online courses are a far … Continue reading →

Posted in higher education | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, Target 4.3, tertiary education | 2 Comments

Now this: vaccine requirements to go to university

Posted on 26 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 Listen to this blog/ Read in Spanish The United States is trailblazing, as university after university is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students to be able to return to study this autumn. Rutgers was the first, but now at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, Health, tertiary education | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, Target 4.3, tertiary education | Leave a comment

Flexible learning during Covid-19: how to ensure quality higher education at a distance

Posted on 7 May 2020 by GEM Report

By Michaela Martin and Uliana Furiv, respective lead and consultant working at the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning programme specialist on a project on flexible learning pathways. The Covid-19 outbreak closed universities and other tertiary education institutions in 175 … Continue reading →

Posted in emergencies, higher education, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, technology, tertiary education | 4 Comments

How will Covid-19 affect the internationalization of higher education?

Posted on 21 April 2020 by GEM Report

University costs. It didn’t take long after universities closed their doors in the United States, for instance, for students to start advocating to get their money back. Twitter is awash with professors concerned about the impact that shutting universities is … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, higher education, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, out of school, teachers, teaching, universities | 4 Comments

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

What is education worth? Should France be hiking its university fees for foreign students?

Posted on 3 January 2019 by GEM Report

Recently, in France, not just the gilets jaunes have been protesting, but also students. Why? Foreign students have just been informed their fees are going to be lifted by around 11 times. The change will see international students who are … Continue reading →

Posted in Equity, higher education, Innovative financing, Post-secondary education, scholarships, Uncategorized | Tagged france, higher education, scholarships, student mobility, Target 4.3, university | 1 Comment

I have the qualifications and 16 years of experience. Why can’t I find a job?

Posted on 21 December 2018 by GEM Report

Beata, a qualified and experienced Polish teacher emigrated to the UK so that her children could learn English, but never managed to get a job there, not even as a teaching assistant. Beata holds a Master’s degree in pedagogy, 16 … Continue reading →

Posted in higher education, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged higher education, immigrants, immigration, migrants, migration | 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 →