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style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">We have the technology to democratise knowledge development</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy</div> The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals challenge universities’ responsibilities to enable lifelong learning for all, using the digital methods of knowledge development and exchange we now have, and which also enable the inclusion of sources of knowledge beyond the Global North and the West. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240221122446210_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240314162027155" style="color:#000;" class="">COVID was a wake-up call! Not all universities heard it</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Poorna Rodrigo</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-10-31-december-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 10-31 December 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231212143759115" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Improving outlook for outbound Chinese students in 2024</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> Despite China’s troubled post-pandemic economy, which could affect those seeking education overseas, there are signs of increasing preparation for study abroad by families in China, as an education consultancy predicts improved outbound student flows from China in the coming year. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231212143759115_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-26-november-–-10-december-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 26 November – 10 December 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231130195028100" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">What explains the rise in college and university dropouts?</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nathan M Greenfield</div> New figures show that, following five years of gains, overall higher education completion rates in the United States have stalled for three consecutive years. Experts say it could be the result of a decline in student success initiatives owing to COVID or student uncertainty about the value of degrees. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231130195028100_5.jpg?r=197816796" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-19-26-november-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 19-26 November 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231120121955550" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">A wildcard with possible fallout for HE: Youth unemployment</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Karin Fischer</div> The COVID-19 pandemic, Xi Jinping’s ambitions to turn his country into an innovation superpower loyal to the Communist Party, and Western alarm about those ambitions, have shaped Chinese higher education, but a fourth development – the slowing of China’s economy – could play a bigger role. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231120121955550_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-15-october-–-19-november-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 15 October – 19 November 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231114143906473" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">International student enrolment rise is fastest in 40 years</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nathan M Greenfield</div> The 12% rise in international student numbers in the United States – the fastest growth rate in four decades – has pushed numbers almost back to pre-pandemic levels. While student numbers from India grew by 35%, students from China remain the biggest single national group, despite a slight decline in numbers. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231114143906473_5.jpg?r=197330431" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-24-september-–-15-october-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 24 September – 15 October 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA-UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231010104749830" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">US institutions could do more to calm the admissions frenzy</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Xiaofeng Wan</div> There is a lot that American colleges can do to fill the information gap in college admissions that widened during the pandemic, and to counter the high anxiety levels among Chinese parents prepared to move heaven and earth to get their children into prestigious institutions. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231010104749830_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231013172119952" style="color:#000;" class="">Australia seeks reputation boost for international HE</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Shadi Khan Saif</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-9-july-–-24-september-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 9 July – 24 September 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230819213338850" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Universities and students recalibrate after A-level results</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> Predictions that international students would squeeze out UK-domiciled school leavers who missed top grades for entry to higher-tariff universities have not yet materialised, despite widespread speculation about Britons being replaced by ‘lucrative overseas students’ in the run-up to this year’s results day. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230819213338850_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230920151901863" style="color:#000;" class="">R&D spending defies pandemic effect, new official figures show</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Mimi Leung</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-2-9-july-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 2-9 July 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230704105601272" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">How pandemic-related pressure affected online learning</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Elif Manuoglu</div> Students struggled with online learning during the pandemic. This was not only because of practical issues and the suddenness of the transition from face-to-face classes, but also due to the knock-on impact of anxiety about COVID itself, which affected them and their teachers. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230704105601272_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-18-june-–-2-july-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 18 June – 2 July 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230620155123571" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Post-COVID, we can no longer accept a lack of compassion</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Narelle Lemon</div> We are at the tipping point of transformative change, which compels us to reassess our values and aspirations. While academic excellence and intellectual growth are undoubtedly important, nurturing compassion is equally crucial for the well-being and success of students and academics alike. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230620155123571_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230619105914469" style="color:#000;" class="">The future of publishing: scientists need a greater say</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Lizzie Sayer, Jenice Goveas and Geoffrey Boulton</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">EUROPE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230630112455998" style="color:#000;">European mobility rebounds post-COVID, not for UK students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">John Walshe</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-11-18-june-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 11-18 June 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230616113403941" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Major university job cuts prompt warning over underfunding</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">John Gerritsen</div> Job cuts announced by two of New Zealand’s eight universities in the wake of falling domestic enrolments and the ongoing recovery of international student numbers in the wake of COVID have united vice-chancellors, staff and students in calls for a more sustainable funding model. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230616113403941_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230613094727593_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN-UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230613094727593" style="color:#000;" class="">Branch campuses offer a chance to spice up the HE landscape</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Kyuseok Kim</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230615154439681_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">ASIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230615154439681" style="color:#000;">Flexible learning pathways: A more relevant future for all</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Libing Wang</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023061314431315_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023061314431315" style="color:#000;">Digital learning is no panacea, but there’s a lot it can do</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Jon Harle and Joanna Wild</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230611174117419" style="color:#000;" class="">Students must share responsibility for online exam integrity</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Gilbert Nakweya</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-4-11-june-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 4-11 June 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230607163451223" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">China becomes a harder sell for lesser-known US colleges</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nathan M Greenfield</div> While some big-name US universities have seen more applications from Chinese students this year, lesser known institutions are less popular than before COVID. US recruiters working in China attribute the decline to the pandemic-related border closures as well as shifts in US-China relations. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230607163451223_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230608092957840" style="color:#000;" class="">Spike in local tuition costs: Are international fees next?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Yojana Sharma</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-7-may-–-4-june-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 7 May – 4 June 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230516113927322" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Many students are craving more connection with their peers</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Jack Goodman</div> 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. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230516113927322_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230526140417676" style="color:#000;" class="">Jump in use of agencies to recruit international students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Sharon Dell</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH KOREA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230602104910620" style="color:#000;">Record influx of foreign students in post-pandemic rebound</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Unsoo Jung</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-30-april-–-7-may-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 30 April – 7 May 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230504134808793" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">China seeks return to pre-COVID academic exchange levels</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions, China is pushing for the resumption of student and academic exchanges with the West and other regions. However, despite official messaging, China’s return to normal after last year’s closed-door ‘Zero-COVID’ restrictions is likely to take a bit of time. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230504134808793_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230505124538996" style="color:#000;" class="">The inspiring impact of research and education networks</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Silvia Fiore</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-23-30-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 23-30 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230424070534908" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Honorary doctorate for first African to head the WHO</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Kudzai Mashininga</div> South Africa’s University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate on the first person from Africa to head the World Health Organization or WHO as director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in recognition of his work as a global health expert and scholar. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230424070534908_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230425151501553" style="color:#000;" class="">How ableism is working against students with disabilities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Ola Lundemo, Whitney C Mohr and Jenny J Lee</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-9-23-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 9-23 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230417142839672" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">New biomedical institute a ‘game changer’ for healthcare</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Desmond Thompson</div> The new cutting-edge Biomedical Research Institute unveiled by Stellenbosch University near Cape Town, South Africa, shows that the African continent is perfectly willing and able to help, not just itself, but the rest of humanity as well, says the institution's vice dean of the faculty of medicine and health sciences. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230417142839672_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230411135129522" style="color:#000;" class="">New internationalisation target aims for 400,000 foreign students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230411135129522_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The Japanese government’s latest plan to increase foreign students and expand the number of Japanese students studying abroad, as a landmark initiative to foster internationalisation in higher education, is seen by experts as a bounce back from the last two years of pandemic-related restrictions. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230416210235423" style="color:#000;">COVID-19 hit examination integrity and research hard</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Wachira Kigotho</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230416210235423_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Most universities in East Africa struggled to uphold the integrity of examinations that were administered online during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a regional survey conducted by Education Sub-Saharan Africa, or ESSA, in collaboration with the Inter-University Council of East Africa, or IUCEA. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-2-9-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 2-9 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230405120013427" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Lessons from differences in university pandemic resilience</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Iuna Tsyrulneva and Sulfikar Amir</div> From finances to teaching and learning, COVID-19 affected different universities in different countries in different ways, with many acting quickly to adapt to the situation. By comparing their performances, we can understand what helps them to stay resilient and prepare better for future disruption. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230405120013427_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230404001758587" style="color:#000;" class="">COVID: Why some students’ mental health did not deteriorate</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Alicia James</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">INDIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230405135220186" style="color:#000;">Supreme Court allows medical students a second chance</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Shuriah Niazi</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-26-march-–-2-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 26 March – 2 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230328141715682" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Fear, loathing and ideology: Why academics resist edtech</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Melissa Laufer</div> Change brought about through edtech challenges deeply held ideologies and identities surrounding teaching, the classroom experience and the purpose of the university. Understanding the complexity of resistance and the different emotions that feed into it is an important first step towards overcoming it. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230328141715682_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230330135635369" style="color:#000;" class="">Local university enrolments drop as foreign students return</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">John Gerritsen</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-12-26-march-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 12-26 March 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230324075424285" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Capitalising on COVID: Making research easier to access</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Rhodri Jackson</div> Academic research as a source of information is still trusted by a large proportion of people, which makes it vital that academic publishers around the world look at how to champion open research and empower experts to share their knowledge and perspectives. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230324075424285_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230325071307899" style="color:#000;" class="">It’s boom time for biosafety labs: Who is keeping tabs?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">John Richard Schrock</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-19-february-–-12-march-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 19 February – 12 March 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230307090508333" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Digital articulation: a new HE internationalisation model</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Peter Egorov</div> Digital articulation models – where partner universities offer the best of online and on-campus experiences and open up opportunities for institutions to attract a diverse range of students – have been emerging since the pandemic and could make the internationalisation of higher education more accessible. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230307090508333_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230301142948101" style="color:#000;" class="">Mental health initiative targets black students’ well-being</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230305140707213" style="color:#000;">Online learning has taken root. Now, let’s turn to quality</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Gilbert Nakweya</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ZIMBABWE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230227201922465" style="color:#000;">Is the modular HE learning system a friend or a foe?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Prince Gora</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-12-19-february-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 12-19 February 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230215064544900" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Study reveals more about ‘pandem-icons’ during COVID</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Alicia James</div> A global study into the characteristics of celebrity or visible scientists across 16 countries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that “visibility is related to scientists’ media skills and willingness to engage, as well as their ability to respond to criticism and cope with controversy”. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230215064544900_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-5-12-february-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 5-12 February 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023020713575852" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">HE needs to safeguard international student mental health</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Lesley Andrew</div> Evidence suggests that some international students are returning to study after the COVID pandemic with unresolved mental health issues that may affect their ability to study and their overall well-being. It is time for higher education to revisit its duty of care to these students. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023020713575852_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230210075627838" style="color:#000;" class="">Returning students face greater surveillance, censorship</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Yojana Sharma</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-29-january-–-5-february-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 29 January – 5 February 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230131132149728" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">China bans foreign universities’ online only courses</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> China has suddenly reversed its temporary rules in place for over two years during the COVID-19 pandemic allowing online courses from foreign universities to be delivered to students within China, which is being justified in China as a crackdown on substandard online degree courses. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230131132149728_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES-CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230203095159570" style="color:#000;" class="">Why connections between scientists are good for everyone</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">John P Haupt, Jenny J Lee, Wen Wen, Die Hu and Morris Hsin-Mu Chen</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230203115447549" style="color:#000;">College enrolment decline caused by COVID starts to slow</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-15-29-january-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 15-29 January 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230126133750940" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Beijing applies brakes to construction of new universities</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> In the wake of China’s economic downturn and concerns over a decline in college-age student numbers, the education ministry, after years of unbridled expansion, has directed provinces to rein in plans to build new universities and is now pushing a ‘quality over quantity’ line. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230126133750940_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">EUROPE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230123125422596" style="color:#000;" class="">Setting the stage for digitally enhanced higher education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Michael Gaebel</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-18-december-2022-–-15-january-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 18 December 2022 – 15 January 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023010412591392" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Many ‘no-shows’ for postgraduate exam amid COVID confusion</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Mimi Leung</div> Despite record numbers registering for China’s 2023 national postgraduate entrance exam, many people did not turn up for the first part of the exam held in late December 2022. The high level of no-shows appears to be, in part, due to confusion over COVID-19 restrictions. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023010412591392_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-11-18-december-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 11-18 December 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221216061015666" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Pandemic misinformation index: lessons for meeting SDGs</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> A special index for assessing a country’s vulnerability to misinformation has been unveiled, drawing on data during the COVID-19 pandemic, including on trust in governments and science, which could have important implications for public support of climate change policies and the Sustainable Development Goals generally. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221216061015666_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GERMANY</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221214123729238" style="color:#000;" class="">Student services call for social infrastructure cash boost</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Michael Gardner</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL-AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221205134733975" style="color:#000;">Africa’s appetite for transnational education is growing</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wachira Kigotho</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221212080459112" style="color:#000;">Academia set to benefit from two new digital initiatives</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-4-11-december-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 4-11 December 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN-AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221207115848114" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Collaboration on early detection could foil next pandemic</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> Collaboration between two research centres, one in Japan and one in Zambia, is successfully contributing to efforts aimed at early detection of potential pandemics caused by zoonotic pathogens and has also led to significant technical support and human resource development among African researchers. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221207115848114_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221206070120932" style="color:#000;" class="">By harnessing digital technologies, we safeguard education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Michael Agyemang Adarkwah</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221209070807431" style="color:#000;">Student anger over lockdowns still fuels sporadic protests</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Mimi Leung</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221210063934997" style="color:#000;" class="">China takes top spot for transnational students – Report</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nic Mitchell</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-27-november-–-4-december-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 27 November – 4 December 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221129152058507" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Fears rise for safety of student protesters amid arrests</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Mimi Leung and Yojana Sharma</div> The United Nations, human rights groups and alumni of prominent Chinese universities have called on state and university authorities to refrain from cracking down on the students and other protesters involved in last weekend’s peaceful demonstrations against the Chinese government’s prolonged anti-virus measures. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221129152058507_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221129103238406" style="color:#000;" class="">Optimism trumps ethics in student recruitment ‘comeback’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Hans de Wit and Philip G Altbach</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">HONG KONG-CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221201071315629" style="color:#000;">Security chief warns against support for China protests</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Mimi Leung</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-and-he-20-27-november-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis and HE: 20-27 November 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2022112209432270" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Equity in access and success: How love can get us there</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> If higher education is to achieve equity in access and success, it needs to relearn some of the “goodness” that carried it through the COVID-19 pandemic and think about how to “lead with love”, participants of World Access to Higher Education Day 2022 heard. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2022112209432270_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221125065852177" style="color:#000;" class="">Campus COVID measures climbdown after student protests</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Mimi Leung</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black 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class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2022110813250927" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Report maps ‘huge’ shifts in internationalisation on campuses</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nathan M Greenfield</div> A new report analysing internationalisation in American universities before and after COVID shows that while the pandemic caused a predictable decline in international student numbers, global learning – in the form of virtual internship programmes and internationalisation of the curriculum – actually expanded. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2022110813250927_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" 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href="post.php?story=20221112062521401" style="color:#000;">Rethinking how technology innovations can support students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Iain Sloan</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2022110806394975_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL-CANADA-CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2022110806394975" style="color:#000;">Decline in Chinese student mobility: It’s only temporary</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Gavin Palmer and Wei Liu</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" 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Yet, arguably, its greatest disruptive influence has been to exacerbate, and thus force a reckoning with, the deep-seated problems that have for some time caused academics to question their future. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221101105030314_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221104101058465" style="color:#000;" class="">Opportunities for internationalisation of medical education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Anette Wu</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221104101058465_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the dangers of healthcare nationalism, which limits us in improving the health of all people and prevents us from acting together as a global medical community committed to working towards Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221025084059588" style="color:#000;">Australia re-asserts itself as a top study destination</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Kalinga Seneviratne</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221025084059588_5.jpg?r=182609987" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Surveys show that Australia has bounced back after COVID to become the second most popular higher education study destination after Canada, but it’s no time for complacency. 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But there are exceptions, as historically black colleges and universities saw an increase this year of 2.5%, and highly selective institutions saw enrolment rise by 0.5%. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2022102110263728_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES-CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221019111638139" style="color:#000;" class="">Will Chinese international student numbers rebound in the US?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Xiaofeng Wan</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221019111638139_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> While it is likely that United States institutions will see a bounce-back of Chinese students down the road, it may not be wise to expect a return to pre-pandemic levels any time soon, making it essential that the government and institutions take a proactive approach. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2022101407575044" style="color:#000;">Private providers in student recruitment: Time to reassess?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2022101407575044_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" 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