Plus: Macron's move against ENA heralds turbulence for elite HE THURSDAY 25 APRIL 2019
Good morning,
The general election campaign is well under way in India, the world's largest democracy. Our long read today looks at an issue which should be part of the election debate: the huge challenge of improving quality in the country's higher education sector, which is notoriously poor outside a select few institutions. Elsewhere, we look at what French president Emmanuel Macron's move to abolish the École Nationale d'Administration might mean for elite institutions elsewhere in the world, and the paralysing uncertainty facing UK universities thanks to delays to both Brexit and a major government review.
- John Morgan, deputy news editor
john.morgan@timeshighereducation.com | | THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN WORLD HE? RAISING QUALITY IN INDIA Chief among the problems of India's higher education system is its complexity, writes our data editor Simon Baker, setting out the key questions to be addressed. Is it best to focus on the few universities that have a chance of becoming world class, rather than undertaking the gargantuan task of addressing the system as a whole? Does the answer for India lie in public education or the private sector? What level of funding and autonomy might be sufficient to raise standards, and can the country afford it? We look at the data on how India's key initiatives are performing and canvas opinions from experts in the field. | | In the firing line: 'Elite' universities have been warned that they could be targeted by politicians seeking to quell public anger about inequality after France's president proposed abolishing the École Nationale d'Administration, the exclusive civil service training institute that he himself attended.
Uncertainty the only certainty: UK universities face continued uncertainty as a consequence of the Brexit deadline extension and the delayed post-18 review, sector leaders have warned. Could the Brexit factor be the reason British institutions have been forced out of a key European research project?
Quiet please: The University of Sheffield's decision to open its library to local school pupils would be seen by most as a praiseworthy example of civic engagement, but some library users are lamenting the noisy behaviour of 'the youth' and claiming that they treat the building as a 'play centre'. | | | We offer two contrasting perspectives on whether the media panic over Chinese Communist Party 'infiltration' in Australian universities is justified. Salvatore Babones, an associate professor at the University of Sydney, writes that Chinese students are 'living' democracy when they take part in student life, a fact ignored by the mainstream press. But ex-academic Nick Forster argues that vice-chancellors should wake up to the fact that China's munificence is all motivated by its vast geopolitical motivation. | | | |
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