Council for Higher Education's 5-year plan aims to internationalize Israeli academia by upping the number of courses taught in English, sending students for apprenticeships abroad

Head of Education Ministry's own expert committee opposed move meant to alleviate doctor shortage; former Health Ministry chief calls closures 'unnecessary and wretched'

Multidisciplinary projects, including research on cancers, Crohn's, and rare diseases, get NIS 32 million ($9.9m) in grants from Israel Precision Medicine Partnership initiative

Council for Higher Education okays institution branding itself a private university; will be named Reichman University, after founder and president

But top legal body also rules that higher education programs catering to Haredi men cannot discriminate against female lecturers and bars segregation outside classrooms

Slamming Ze'ev Elkin's decision not to keep on director of Higher Education Council, the chair of the Committee of University Heads warns of danger to Israeli democracy

Multidisciplinary projects, including studies on autism, cancers and trauma, get NIS 60 million ($17 million) in grants from Israel Precision Medicine Partnership initiative

Some 30 projects will be funded $50,000-$200,000 apiece; researchers will share their findings in a bid to tackle the deadly pandemic

Higher Education Council launches program aimed at scholars from North America, India, China; earmarks funds for recruitment, courses in English

President expresses wish for greater cooperation between two nations, which face similar threats and challenges; South Korean counterpart praises Israeli 'chutzpah'