Press & Media

See below a collection of EMS 2012 press & media materials, which are accessible by clicking on the links.

Press Release

EMS 2012:  Tertiary Education - Official Press Release

Articles

"eBay Scholarships and Engineering for Kindergarteners:  New Paths Toward Tertiary Education" - World Bank blog entry by Jamil Salmi (23 May 2012)  Also see Jamil Salmi's EMS 2012 presentation here

"Emerging Markets Need a Higher-Education Rethink" - Article by Shaukat Aziz in Economy Watch (10 April 2012)

"Emerging Markets' Higher-Education Challenge" - Article by Shaukat Aziz in Project Syndicate (6 April 2012)
      Also published in:

• Bangkok Post (12 April 2012)
• Gulf Times (10 April 2012)
• LesEchos (6 April 2012)

"Resetting the compass" - Article by Sir David Watson in Times Higher Education (5 April 2012)

"Why we should fund ICT for education" - Article by Angus Scrimgeour in DEVEX (27 March 2012)

"The Case for Tertiary Education in the New Global Economy" - Op-Ed piece by Sir George Alleyne in Huffington Post (22 March 2012)

"A great leveller" - Article by Tsung-Mei Cheng in South China Morning Post (17 March 2012)

"'World-Class' vs. Mass Education" - Article by Doug Lederman in Inside Higher Ed (9 March 2012)

Albukhary International University in Malaysia: a 'humaniversity' dedicated to providing a world class education to the marginalized students from around the world - special article on Albukhary International University(AIU) in Asia Research News; provided by Abdul Dzulkifli, AIU Vice Chancellor (23 February 2012)

"The Global Search for Education:  A Life of Learning" - Interview with Sir David Watson by C.M. Rubin in Huffington Post (14 February 2012)  Also published in Education News and Education Views

"Tertiary education:  game-changer for emerging markets" - Editor's Pick in The Times of India (12 February 2012)

"No room for complacency in emerging market HE" - Commentary by Brenda Gourley in University World News (12 February 2012)

"Bric countries need more tertiary education" - Letter by Professor Lan Xue, Simon Schwartzman, Professor Michael Earl, Lady English, Professor Saul Estrin, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, and Professor Janice Reid in The Guardian (01 February 2012)

"Multiple destinations, different pathways" - Society for Participatory Research in Asia blog post by Rajesh Tandon (19 January 2012)