How universities can survive the ‘Great Policy Backlash’
Nic Mitchell reports on a webinar hosted by Studyportals that brought together experts from the UK, US and the Netherlands, and an international audience of hundreds working in international student recruitment. Read the full story in University World News.
Political science: An ‘endangered species’ in Hong Kong
Academics in Hong Kong are privately lamenting the decline of political science, which they say is regarded by the city’s universities, under scrutiny from Chinese authorities, as ‘risky’, as Yojana Sharma reports. Read the full story in University World News.
Research universities attain gender parity in top leadership
Women today lead half of the Netherlands’ 14 senior research universities, the first time this has happened, according to a Dutch news report published as the country starts its new academic year. Liz Newmark reports. Read the full story in University World News.
Five foreign universities get go-ahead to open branch campuses
For UWN, wagdy sawahel discusses the implications of the awarding by the Saudi Arabian government of foreign investor licences to five international public and private universities. Read the full story in University World News.
Government gives surprise lift to research investment
The Swedish government’s announcement it is to increase the R&D budget allocation by SEK6.5 billion (US$634 million) was largely unexpected but nonetheless welcomed by an academic community keen to make up lost ground. Jan Myklebust reports. Read the full story in University World News.
Project 2025 poses a threat to US global leadership in HE
If implemented, Project 2025 may result in an erosion of diversity in thought and research that could stifle the innovation that has been the hallmark of higher education in the US. James Yoonil Auh explores the implications of this. Read the full story in University World News.
Revitalising higher education requires a concerted effort
Bassem Kaissi ponders the challenges of Lebanon's ability to maintain its competitive edge in human capital development in the region. Read the full story in University World News.
Welcome to the new edition of University World News. See also the following stories - and more:
UK: Fresh ideas on fees and funding anticipated in HE blueprint - Nic Mitchell
Sri Lanka: Presidential hopefuls promise HE reforms, branch campuses - Dinesh De Alwis
Denmark: Will the new Africa strategy mean more overseas students? - Jan Myklebust
India: India’s ranking framework is at odds with national policy - Dr Chetan Singai & TR Kumaraswamy
Global: Pope’s letter offers surprise ode to humanities in education - Nathan Greenfield
India-UAE: A second IIT branch opens overseas, this time in Abu Dhabi - Shuriah Niazi
SDGs: The environmental emergency is real. HE is our best hope - Marcelo Knobel & Néri Barros Almeida
LinkedIn Top Higher Education Voice, publisher of International Employability Insight (IEI) & founder of Asia Careers Group SDN BHD
3dThe future for #internationaleducation will be characterised by, consolidation, #immigration & #regulation! Times are tough for #universities & #colleges in three of the major English-speaking destinations – #Australia #Canada & the #UK. And we were right: a #highereducation funding crisis emerged early in 2024 & since then it has got worse, with 70+ universities “restructuring” & worse still to come. Australia has published their Universities Accord, but that is old news, #internationalstudent caps & #visa fee hikes hitting the headlines. Canada has already done its worst with its international student cap, with little thought given to its implementation. This has sent the sector into a frenzy. And in the UK there is a review of international #admissions due to the Sunday Times exposé of controversial admissions practices in relation to foundation courses for degree programmes & the review of the #graduateroute, recommending closer agent regulation. If universities remain closed shops & store skeletons in their closets, they will inevitably be found out. Negative press coverage & a general public that is largely apathetic to their plight will not be in their long-term interests whatever the #future holds. Asia Careers Group SDN BHD