Pathways to world rankings for private universities in Bangladesh
A review of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings indicates that the number of Bangladeshi universities in the rankings are increasing.
3d ago
Can academia learn from cricket?
Both cricket and academia remind us that every match, every research paper, every innings, and every research presentation is a part of a larger journey.
1w ago
Troubled: Mental health challenges of our school children
Unfortunately, a child suffering from mental health issues is often told, “get over it” or “it’s all in your head.”
5m ago
Is more research funding the answer?
An enduring buzz in academia is that it requires political connections to advance in one’s career. This is a fundamental concern.
5m ago
Chhayanaut at 60: In remembrance
I am profoundly grateful to the institution which helped me evolve both as a music lover and as a human being.
8m ago
The need for a clear research agenda
It goes beyond providing research funding and serves as a guiding framework, enabling the institutions to align research goals with broader national and global priorities.
11m ago
Why students are unsatisfied with Bangladeshi higher education
Does student satisfaction matter?
1y ago
A call for leadership training
Teaching-learning is tethered sadly to lectures and rote learning where students engage in little analysis, synthesis or application.
1y ago
June 12, 2020
‘I can’t breathe’: Curbing police brutality
The brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where a policeman placed a knee on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, has been viewed globally in horror as his life flowed out in pain and agony.
June 2, 2020
The Covid-19 vaccine: panacea or enigma?
As the deadly Covid-19 virus continues to climb the grisly charts, an intense race is already on, globally, to discover the next vaccine, the next panacea.
February 18, 2020
Education and employability in the digital age
“Human resources—not capital, nor income, nor material resources—constitute the ultimate basis for wealth of nations.
February 14, 2020
Changing the shy world of adolescent girls
Back in 2017, we had an opportunity to build a small and experimental toilet in Jhalokati, with the simple intention of helping adolescent girls in a rural school who had no real toilet to avail.
December 21, 2019
Academia’s global standing: The research imperative
Recently an M Phil student, studying service management of hospital patients, emailed: “Sir, I am doing descriptive type of cross-sectional study and I am not testing any hypothesis.
September 19, 2019
Listening to Student Voices
Academic programmes across the world are becoming increasingly innovative, competitive and challenging. They are responding to changing times. There is also the realisation that, built in the right spirit, universities can generate enormous social capital and rich economic dividends.
June 13, 2019
Teaching load: The missing link in higher education quality
Ask faculty members in the country’s universities what would motivate them to devote more time to research and you will hear one common answer: decrease present course loads and class sizes. Both factors continue to weigh heavily on their daily toil and pursuit of excellence.
April 26, 2019
Why we must build specialised research universities
“It is most difficult to get people on the path to research and publication. That culture, that appetite, that scholarly commitment has eroded considerably. [They] LOVE the microphone, they HATE the pen.”
April 4, 2019
Return on research: Academia's new challenge
Discussions about research in Bangladesh's higher education institutions (HEIs) have become animated and contentious in recent times.
February 16, 2019
Future readiness of Bangladesh's higher education institutions
The Daily Star's February 3rd issue carries a story on page 5 about the acute teacher shortage at Khulna Medical College.
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