By Douglas Proctor Government-led trade missions provide universities with a range of opportunities, from networking with participants from other industries through to direct and sustained contact (on the road) with ministers and their staff. However, they also throw down the gauntlet in relation to “announceables”. What in-country announcement will be best conceived to secure the…
Special Report: Indonesia’s graftbusters battle the establishment
A good article offering some insights into Indonesia’s battle against corruption by Kanupriya Kappro and Randy Fabi that appeared in the recent Chicago Tribune. Authours: Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi Indonesia’s Inspector General of Police had just withstood eight hours of interrogation on the night of October 5, last year at the Jakarta headquarters of…
Indonesia’s emerging voices
How is Indonesia responding towards growing pressures of East Asia financial regionalism? Why are Indonesian teachers resisting information and communication technology? In a more digitally connected Indonesia, why are large proportion of young adults in greater Jakarta still feeling disenfranchised? These are just some of the questions being tackled by Indonesia’s new voices – early…
Brazil’s Multi-Billion Dollar Education Industry: Shaping Futures, Changing Lives, and Minting Billionaires
Ricardo Geromel, Contributor Post co-written with Luke Barbara, an American entrepreneur based in São Paulo, Brazil. Brazil’s role as a global superpower is on an upward trajectory and the country will make numerous important contributions to the world in the 21st century. Many of these contributions will come from, and almost all will be connected to,…
Suzhou’s new forms of foreign university collaboration
Yojana Sharma, 08 November 2013 Issue No:295 Universities from a number of countries have set up branch campuses in China, hoping to tap into the country’s desire for a Western education and a large pool of middle-class students. But China wants new types of university partnerships that tie in closely with its aspiration to drive up…
The rise of international co-invention
The rapid rise of India and China as innovating nations seems to contradict conventional views of the economic growth and development process. India and China are still at the early stages of development, yet advanced nations are granting rapidly growing numbers of patents to inventors based in these countries. A new research analysis of U.S….
Internet in Brazil: Key Hard Facts You Must Know
What is the current status of Brazil’s Startup scene? Is it still booming, or has it lost its momentum? There are credible people with strong opinions on both sides of the spectrum. Most optimists, like Indian-American tech entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa, predict that some Zuckerbergs will emerge from the slums of Sao Paulo before the end of this…
Critical success factors for transnational partnerships
Commentary was recently published in the University World News. By Eugene Sebastian and Abid Khan 25 October 2013 – Issue No:293 Partnership between leading institutions will be absolutely crucial to innovation and success in tackling major issues in a changing world. A small number of critical factors affect the long-term success of collaborations: the depth…
Future of Asian cyberspace: Mobile, social, young
By Ayee Macaraig “Asia will become the largest market for some of the biggest social media campaigns in the world.” Business and technology industry leaders hailed the potential of Internet use in Asia, citing the uptake of social media in the continent. The recently concluded United Nations’ 8th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held here drew global focus…
No stampede of foreign universities despite new laws
Ria Nurdiani and Yojana Sharma – 25 October 2013 No foreign university has applied to operate in Indonesia despite laws passed last year that were designed to make it easier for foreign institutions to set up on a non-profit basis in collaboration with local universities. Higher Education Director General Djoko Santoso confirmed that to date…
Critical success factors for transnational partnerships
Eugene Sebastian and Abid Khan 25 October 2013 Partnership between leading institutions will be absolutely crucial to innovation and success in tackling major issues in a changing world. A small number of critical factors affect the long-term success of collaborations: the depth of the alliance; shared aspirations and strategies; unified governance; and the deployment of…
First ranking of universities in BRICS countries
Karen MacGregor25 October 2013 Issue No:293 The Russian government is behind the world’s first university ranking for the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. UK-based QS Quacquarelli Symonds will produce the pilot BRICS ranking in December.Last Wednesday QS announced that it had been appointed by the Interfax Group, a leading information provider…
Innovation: new engine for China’s development
By ZHOU TIANYONG AT a group study session of the central leadership in September, Party leader Xi Jinping stressed that the implementation of the strategy of innovation-driven development will decide the future of the Chinese nation. He urged the Party and society to grasp the trend of global science and technological innovation and seize the…
Editorial: Indonesia Needs to Invest in Research
By Jakarta Globe on 12:48 pm October 25, 2013. As Indonesia’s economy matures and moves higher up the value chain, it will no longer be able to rely on its rich natural resources and robust domestic consumption. If the country wants to realize its ambition of being a top 10 global economy by 2050, it will have…
Who’s afraid of China’s high tech challenge?
by Guy de Jonquières Senior Fellow, The European Centre for International Political Economy Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the next phase of the nation’s development: transforming it into an innovation powerhouse that occupies a leading, and…
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