I recently visited Rotterdam for a quick visit to see Erasmus University on a weekend. Dutch academia is doing very well, and Erasmus is one of the more modern Dutch universities that has been climbing up the world rankings, especially

University of Girona wall walk: Spain
Girona was my first stop on the eastern Spain trip, since that’s where cheap Ryan Air flights land, but Girona is definitely deserving of a visit. It has a lovely historic Jewish quarter area and the panoramic views from the University

Taiwanese Higher-Education Internationalization: Personal Summary
A few months back I was asked to report on my experiences with the Taiwanese education system as an international who studied there for a year. Since I wrote quite a lot about the positive side of my experience as

The importance of studying Chinese – Israeli Prime Minister
The current Israeli prime minister – Benjamin Netayahu – spoke at the last Israeli Business Convention and elaborated the importance of introducing Chinese studies to the Israeli education system. I’ve known about this for quite a while, but I finally

Growing Chinese studies trend – Israel
3 years after I wrote about the first signs of the Israeli Chinese studies trend and there are signs that the trend is still going strong (see “The Chinese Language Studies Trend in Israel” and “Channel 2 story : Israelis
Best Asian Universities–Asia University Rankings 2010
Looking for the best universities in Asia? There are so many rankings and lists out there, so it gets confusing. Let me try and help you… Following is the top world university rankings for the Asian academic universities analyzed

Hong Kong Global Education : Local, Mainland and International Students
South China Morning Post recently came out with a series of fascinating articles on the state of education in Hong Kong. As Hong Kong struggles to become an international education hub, HK media is reporting on the overwhelmingly increasing number