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UNITED STATES-GLOBAL
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Sharon Dell
While the road to post-pandemic recovery remains bumpy for international student recruitment in the United States, two interesting trends are emerging – a sector-wide jump in use of educational agencies and a general shift away from reliance on rankings towards focusing on how institutions equip students to be successful.
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UNITED KINGDOM
Nic Mitchell
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EUROPE-AFRICA
Maina Waruru
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Top Stories
GLOBAL
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‘Researchers given financial incentives to switch affiliation’
Wagdy Sawahel
To boost their global rankings, some Saudi universities are enticing highly cited researchers from around the world to switch their primary academic affiliation to that of the Saudi institution, a practice that scientists are worried will dent the credibility of science and must end.
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GLOBAL
Waldemar Siwinski
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JAPAN-GLOBAL
Suvendrini Kakuchi
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UKRAINE
Nathan M Greenfield
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News
AFRICA
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Wachira Kigotho
Academic freedom in universities in Africa has dipped significantly in the recent past as a result of threats by political systems, according to researchers. According to them, violations against academic freedom have become a common phenomenon across public universities in Africa.
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THAILAND
Teeranai Charuvastra
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UNITED KINGDOM
Nic Mitchell
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EUROPE
Nic Mitchell
Despite the European Union’s Erasmus+ 2021-27 programme getting a big cash boost compared with the equivalent programme for the previous seven years, a review into its first year says it can do better on inclusion, sustainability and avoiding funding delays at the start.
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AFRICA
Wachira Kigotho
Research shows that African students spend too much time on social media. This does not only negatively affect their studies, but also their mental health. And addiction seems to be rising, increasing the risk of depression and anxiety.
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HONG KONG-CHINA
Yojana Sharma
In Hong Kong’s universities, academics of mainland Chinese origin this year outnumbered Hong Kong faculty for the first time, according to official figures, raising fears that an ongoing trend in this direction could affect the international character of universities in Hong Kong, and the culture of open research.
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SWEDEN
Jan Petter Myklebust
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MOROCCO-EUROPE
Wagdy Sawahel
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NEW ZEALAND
John Gerritsen
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Commentary
NETHERLANDS
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Hans de Wit
Key proposals by the Dutch education minister aimed at balancing the country’s need for international students with intense criticism about the rapid growth in their numbers move the internationalisation debate forwards, but also need to recognise potential ethical consequences and challenges.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Mthobisi Ndaba
Being a ‘public good academic’ – someone who has an understanding of and commitment to their civic responsibility to advance the public good agenda – comes at a price, including relational, psychological, career-related and personal resource costs.
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SINGAPORE
Furong Li
As competition around employment increases, Chinese students seeking jobs in Singapore would do well to focus on building a reliable social network that can boost a job seeker’s credentials by implying they bring resources other than their own skills, abilities and knowledge.
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World Blog
AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND
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Jack Goodman
Research shows that helping students, particularly first years, to feel a sense of belonging in the university environment sets them up for learning, persistence, success and well-being over the course of their degree – to the benefit of both the students and the institution.
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SDGs
MEXICO
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Bertha Alicia Saldívar Barboza, Sadie Guerrero, Irving Hidrogo and Enrique Cortés
A university in Mexico has developed and deployed an educational technology ecosystem that incorporates artificial intelligence with a view to improving teaching methodologies, enhancing efficiency and integrity in student assessment, and monitoring and supporting the development of transversal and disciplinary student competencies.
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Features
GLOBAL
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Francis Kokutse
There is a need for continued exploration and publication within academic global health to build an anti-colonial curriculum in the field, a study argues. The authors say anti-colonialism in global health is vital to address inequities, both locally and globally. It provides a synthesis of guidelines on anti-colonial education.
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Top Stories from Last Week
GLOBAL
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Stevan Harnad
By adopting Green Open Access, the global research community could have forced academic publishers to downsize to the real costs of publication: managing peer review. But superstition, habit and digital laziness prevailed, and publishers are still laughing all the way to the bank.
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UNITED STATES
Karen MacGregor
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GLOBAL
Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit
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GLOBAL
Desmond Thompson
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CANADA
Nathan M Greenfield
Eleven Canadian research universities are to receive CA$1.4 billion (US$1.05 billion) in new monies over the next seven years to conduct research on ‘critical challenges facing our planet’ carried out by equitable and diverse teams and in consultation with Indigenous and immigrant communities.
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GLOBAL
Wan Chang Da
As the hype about micro-credentials increases in the context of higher education, it is important to unpack the different objectives of learning underlying the concept of micro-credentials in order to critically assess the suitability of universities in providing these learning experiences.
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GLOBAL
Samia Chasi and Savo Heleta
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EGYPT-SUDAN
Wagdy Sawahel
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Sponsored Article
University of Victoria staff
Accelerating Community Energy Transformation is a University of Victoria-led collaborative initiative that brings together over 40 partners, including Indigenous knowledge keepers and community leaders, to create innovative place-based solutions for energy system transformation.
Promoted by the University of Victoria.
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Sponsored Article
Stellenbosch University staff
Africa needs to stop paying the price for the rest of the world’s recalcitrance to act fast enough in response to the irrefutable conclusions that climate change is real and that the impact of global warming could be devasting, says Professor Guy Midgley, interim director of the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Promoted by Stellenbosch University.
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Sponsored Article
UAE University staff
Researchers from the United Arab Emirates University have shown that the potential benefits of building energy savings and a cooler indoor environment, as well as improved cooling effect on air temperature at pedestrian level, strongly indicate that a cool roof with high solar reflectance and albedo is a promising strategy for buildings in regions with hot, arid climates.
Promoted by United Arab Emirates University.
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Sponsored Article
Aftab Dean
A new university ranking system aims to serve as a catalyst for positive transformation in higher education, ensuring that universities create an environment grounded in integrity and sustainability that inspires and supports students and staff in the development of novel solutions to global challenges.
Promoted by Globethics.net.
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Sponsored Article
University of Pretoria staff
In the publication of its first progress report on its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals, the University of Pretoria is navigating new territory at the same time as it is acknowledging its clear stewardship role in protecting the environment and biodiversity.
Promoted by the University of Pretoria.
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