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Filling Future Gaps in Student Numbers
A recent report by the UK-based Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE) titled Horizon Scanning: What will HE look like in 2020? suggests that international… Read More
The Future of the Flipped Classroom
In the flipped classroom homework is done in class and traditional class work is done at home. This way round, students learn the theory at… Read More
E-Waste: A Global Issue with Local Solutions
Only 15-20% of global waste generated by electronics – e-waste – is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, incinerators, or shipped to developing countries… Read More
Online Education Exciting Employers and Rewarding Employees
While the focus on online education is dominated by discussions about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), employers are increasingly excited by the opportunities online education… Read More
Water Generating Billboard Helps Desert Community
Located in a vast desert, Lima, the capital of Peru provides very limited sources of fresh potable water to its population. In an effort to… Read More
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Leveraging Technology to Connect with College Students
ECAR (Educause Center For Applied Research) collaborated with 195 institutions this last year to collect responses from more than 100,000 students about their technology experiences…. Read More
Visualizing Big Data
Alex Parker, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, likes to spend his spare time coming up with ways to turn big data into visualizations that… Read More
The Challenges of Opening Up Higher Education in India
With legislation to allow foreign universities to come into India still far off in the distance, it remains a difficult environment for Western institutions hoping… Read More
Time for an Ivy League in the UK?
In the lead article in the THE (Times Higher Education) magazine this month, Terence Healey, Vice Chancellor of Buckingham University argues that it is time… Read More
MIT Tops World College Rankings, as The Chase for International Students Heats Up
The latest rankings for top universities in the world have been published, with MIT overtaking Cambridge as the number one university in the world. The… Read More
How Social Media is Changing College Recruitment
A recent research report by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, interviewed 570 admissions officers from colleges and universities in all 50 states. The report uncovered that… Read More
International Recruitment: £60 Million Paid Out by UK Universities in 2011
Research by Times Higher Education Magazine has shed light on the world of the international university recruitment agents, suggesting many universities had ‘little idea’ how overseas agents… Read More
Northampton University: Utilizing Facebook for Communicating with Students
A few Facebook platforms have been adopted by Northampton University to be the first port of call for communicating with students. The portal, created using Toluna’s technology, will… Read More
Staying Relevant in the Digital Age
Walgreen’s is not the first company to come to mind when people think about being a part of digital trends but maybe it should be…. Read More
Lost Opportunities in Mobile Marketing
Will $2.5 billion be wasted in 2012? So says Scott Forshay (Mobile Strategist for Acquity Group). An estimated $2.6 billion will be spent this year on mobile marketing, including… Read More
The Fun Theory
Volkswagen has created a fantastic site / movement around “the fun theory”. We particularly like their Piano Staircase Project which utilizes elements of play and… Read More