Category: Higher Education

Tertiary refugee education in Ethiopia: Integration and human capital in the IGAD region

by Dereje Anduanbessa Assayew | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Higher Education

This blog is written by Dereje Anduanbessa Assayew, Education Focal Person for the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) Ethiopia Programme at The Association...

Artificial Intelligence University: The University of the Cyber Age

by Mike Douse | May 17, 2023 | Higher Education

Growing numbers of universities worldwide are offering programmes in Artificial Intelligence. In this UKFIET Blog, Mike Douse describes a very different kind of higher educational institution: one that is based upon and applies AI in all of its actions. Read More

Gender on the higher education learning agenda internationally: Gender mainstreaming in international contexts

by Ruth Goodman and Tamsin Hinton-Smith | Oct 6, 2022 | Higher Education

Mainstreaming gender in higher education is an important means to driving wider social change through affecting thinking, beliefs and behaviour of decision-makers of tomorrow. Towards this end, the GOTHELAI project set out to address gender inequality in international higher education contexts. Read More

Learning Ecosystems: Reimagining Higher Education Access for Refugees

by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes | Sep 23, 2021 | Higher Education, Learning

This blog was written by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes (British Council), and Ben Webster (Mosaik Education). In dealing with refugee crises, an important but sometimes...

The post-pandemic hybrid university in the time of digitisation

by Philip Uys and Mike Douse | Feb 15, 2021 | Higher Education

This blog was written by Philip Uys, Senior International Education Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor of Education Systems, Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Mike...

Decolonising Higher Education: Bring Students Back In

by Yifei Yan | Jan 28, 2021 | Decolonisation, Higher Education

This blog is written by Yifei Yan, Fellow, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science. Yifei explains how and why it is imperative that the...

Making online higher education work: Opportunities, challenges and policy imperatives under COVID-19

by Yifei Yan | Oct 13, 2020 | Higher Education

This blog was written by Yifei Yan, LSE Fellow at the Department of Social Policy and a Founders’ Fellow with the American Society for Public Administration. Her research...

Is higher education just a product for the wealthy?

by Charley Nussey | Nov 19, 2014 | Higher Education

Reflecting on the recent Higher Education and International Development Forum, Susy Ndaruhutse and Charley Nussey (CfBT Education Trust) ask whether higher education has...