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# 06, June 2015
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SAUDI ARABIA: Shoura Council Says No to Foreign Universities
# 06, June 2015
The Shoura Council has rejected the proposal of council member Saeed Al-Sheikh to permit foreign universities to open branches in the Kingdom due to concerns over breaching Saudi cultural traditions and gender segregation, reports Arab News.The decision was also based on the failure of the branches of universities in surrounding countries to transfer the latest technologies and the best professors. According to the council, there is no need to open branches of foreign universities in the Kingdom due to the success of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship Programme.
UNITED KINGDOM: University Eyes Global Closures over Cost Concerns
# 06, June 2015
University College London, or UCL, is considering closing down its international campuses as it dismantles its bricks and mortar presence outside the UK in favour of creating partnerships with existing institutions overseas.The decision, taken by Dame Nicola Brewer, UCL’s vice provost for international projects, reflects a growing concern among British universities about the cost of running satellite branches in new education markets. UCL will start winding down its Australian campus, which was originally established seven years ago, and is due to stop teaching in Kazakhstan this summer. Its campus in Qatar is under review.
CHINA: Bogus Colleges Exposed in List
# 06, June 2015
Bearing names similar to top universities, China's fake colleges woo and swindle high school graduates through slick recruitment websites. A list released recently by sdaxue.com, a site that helps students choose higher education institutions, has exposed 60 Chinese "universities" or "colleges" as unaccredited diploma mills, reports Xinhua. The website published two similar lists in 2013 featuring different fake schools. The most recent list pushes the total number of exposed bogus colleges to 210. Of all the listed colleges, 83, or 44%, are located in Beijing, where many of the country's top universities are concentrated, according to sdaxue.com. Shanghai comes in second, with 15 fake colleges.
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