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1 October 2023 Issue No: 756
GLOBAL
Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit
 Politicisation of universities is not new, but it is moving rapidly from the margins to the centre of global higher education and is undermining core values of academia in the process. So far, with few exceptions, opposition has been weak or non-existent.
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CHINA
Yojana Sharma Confirmation that acclaimed Uyghur ethnography professor Rahile Dawut, who founded a Uyghur folklore institute at China’s Xinjiang University and is known for her international collaborations, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by authorities in Xinjiang province has sent shock waves around the world. |
CHINA-GERMANY
Yojana Sharma A row among German China specialists over the publication of what some see as an uncritical endorsement of the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur people has highlighted the pitfalls of state-sponsored fieldwork in China, particularly in Xinjiang, a region inaccessible to most academics. |
INDIA-CANADA
Shuriah Niazi
NIGER-BURKINA FASO-FRANCE
Fany Ouédraogo and Brah Souleymane
 Students in Burkina Faso and Niger blocked from studying in France through that country’s withdrawal of visa facilities are being urged to consider alternative higher education options for 2024. As diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate, time is running out for prospective international students.
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NIGERIA
Promise Eze
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MYANMAR
Padone
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GLOBAL
A UWN Reporter
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GERMANY-AFRICA
Maina Waruru
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EUROPE-AFRICA
Desmond Thompson and Wagdy Sawahel
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IRELAND
John Walshe
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UNITED KINGDOM
Louise Nicol
 Without a concerted effort to make the internationalisation of higher education sustainable and immigration neutral, the United Kingdom government could look to examples of the sector’s fragility from other countries and conclude that a UK publicly funded university is in fact not ‘too big to fail’.
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GLOBAL
Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Vincenzo Raimo and Eddie West
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GLOBAL
Jon Harle, Andy Nobes and Tabitha Buchner
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UNITED STATES
Donelle S Bailey
 While there is no expectation that American higher education institutions should automatically forgive what is owed to them by students who have dropped out, better attention and care should be given to the financial upheaval created for specific populations in recovering lost revenue.
LIBYA
Wagdy Sawahel
 Libya has launched a 10-year national higher education and scientific research strategy spanning 2024 to 2034 that aims to reform education, teaching and scientific research within universities and research centres, and promote their role in achieving sustainable development via the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
CANADA
Nathan M Greenfield
 It is hoped that a study highlighting the fact that half of post-secondary students in one Canadian province have been sexually harassed or assaulted at their college or university will be useful for everyone around the world working to end sexual and gender-based violence.
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NIGERIA
Olabisi Deji-Folutile
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GREECE-EGYPT
Wagdy Sawahel
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FRANCE-AFRICA
Wachira Kigotho and Wagdy Sawahel
 France has suspended student mobility with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and told new students from those countries who were about to start studies in France that they may not come after all. Current scholarship students without valid visas will also not be able to travel to France.
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GLOBAL
Patrick Blessinger and Abhilasha Singh
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CAMEROON-RWANDA
Elias Ngalame
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AFRICA
Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
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GLOBAL
Keith Nuthall, Wagdy Sawahel and Karen MacGregor
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GLOBAL
Shakina Rajendram
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UNITED KINGDOM-CHINA
Nic Mitchell
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SRI LANKA
Dinesh De Alwis
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