Singapore’s science and technology sector is set to get a big boost — with three new programmes and funding of some S$330 million. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s science and technology sector is set to get a big boost — with three new programmes and funding of some S$330 million. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also…
Why China is not an innovation powerhouse?
By Guy de Jonquières, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Guy de Jonquières is a senior fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy. This article is based on his recently published paper, Who’s Afraid of China’s High-Tech Challenge? Some of the sheen may be wearing off China’s miracle growth story as it faces a growing array of economic…
Brazil: Investing in youth
Brazil’s strong economic growth has helped cut the youth unemployment rate over the past decade to levels below those of most OECD countries. Increased investment in education and vocational training is also helping young people get a foot in the jobs market, according to a new OECD report. “Investing in Youth: Brazil”, analyses the youth labour…
Lives in limbo: Migration experiences in Australia’s education–migration nexus
Like many OECD countries, Australia has, over the last 15 years, experimented with ‘the education–migration nexus’: policy frameworks that create pathways for international students to become skilled migrants. This article draws on student-migrant narratives to highlight some key aspects of migrant experience within the education–migration nexus, most notably extended periods of temporary status and the…
Monash’s new campus in China
Words: Eugene Sebastian New campus will leverage China’s R&D boom and its enormous talent. This week Australia’s Monash University and China’s Southeast University (SEU) will formally launch its new joint campus in the burgeoning Suzhou Industrial Park near Shanghai. Supported by Central and Provincial Governments and located in one of the major innovation precincts in…
Factories of the future
Words: Brad Collis The next industrial revolution is well underway at a new research precinct that draws together advanced manufacturing technologies with the potential to change our world. A three-dimensional rampart of titanium sand rises, mesmerisingly, like a grey beach sculpture on a rotating plinth. The fine grains of alloy are being placed and fused…
One voice?
Words: Eugene Sebastian ASEAN needs to play a more significant role in regional and global affairs. ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) is a group of smaller and medium-sized states that is disparate, with very different levels of development and diversity of political views. What the regional grouping tends to do well more often…
A Pacific Century, Not Asian Century?
Words: Eugene Sebastian 21st century is not and will not belong to Asia alone according to experts. The town of Locke is about 140 kilometres northeast of San Francisco. It’s the last surviving rural Chinatown in America. California’s ties with China go back to the gold rush of the mid-nineteenth century where large number of…
University tie-up a leap forward in Indonesia
By Paul Ramadge This year a senior group of Indonesian academics visited Monash University‘s Clayton campus and toured some of the national facilities co-located at the university – the synchrotron, the centre for nano-fabrication, the bio-sciences precinct and the New Horizons zone developing next-generation engineering and manufacturing technologies. Monash had a clear objective. It wanted…
‘India and China to be next hub of Nobel laureates in medicine’
By Times of India STOCKHOLM: India’s rising economic might will soon help produce a Nobel laureate in medicine, predicted the man who chairs the committee that picks Nobel laureates. The secretary general of the Nobel CommitteeGoran K Hannson told the TOI in an exclusive interview that his recent visit to India and China and having seen the backing for…
What will higher education look like in 2020?
By Eugene Sebastian A new study by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education scans the horizon of higher education to see what the future looks like for higher education. The study is based on interviews with 21 international education professionals. Below are some interesting points from the study: 1. Competition and cooperation Universities will continue…
Amartya Sen: ‘You need an educated, healthy workforce to sustain economic development’
by Udit Misra, Forbes India To reclaim a high growth trajectory, prioritise expenditure on education and healthcare instead of ill-directed subsidies and tax exemptions, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen tells Forbes India at the launch of An Uncertain Glory: India and its contradictions, a book he’s co-authored with Jean DrezDuring the last two…
Smart Societies on Flipboard
Smart Societies (smart-societies.com) is an active research project led by a group of growing number of individuals interested in themes of education, research and innovation in emerging economies. The project specifically examines the changing social, political, education and business landscapes and the forces and under-currents that are transforming economies in the Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin…
Financial crisis boosts suicides
Two curious and contrasting things happens during a financial crisis: massive layoffs and bankruptcies leads to a surge in suicides, at the same time, many rich got richer, doubling their wealth in some cases. A study by the University of Hong Kong examining suicide data from the World Health Organisation‘s mortality database and the online…
Word of mouth and advertising in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, word-of-mouth recommendations from family and friends continues to be the most influential source of advertising among consumers, according to research released by Nielsen. The study also revealed that consumers’ trust in traditional advertising remains strong, while the credibility of online advertising improved in recent years. Nielsen’s Global Survey of Trust in Advertising…
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