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Harnessing AI to achieve equal access to quality education is a priority, the triennial conference of the International Association of University Presidents was told. At the conference, held for the first time in China, participants reimagined a future of personalised, in-demand and lifelong learning enabled by AI technologies. </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=20241008105010175" style="color:#000;">China sets out roadmap to become ‘leading education power’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Amber Wang</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241008105010175_5.jpg?r=737431998" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> China has set out a new action plan to become a ‘leading education power’, with ‘global influence’. Universities will play a more strategic role and international exchanges and cooperation, including joint programmes – especially in science and engineering – will be strengthened, the education minister says. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="background:#f2f2df;padding:10px" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108150120136" style="color:#000;" class="">Top universities are largest beneficiaries of philanthropy</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Amber Wang</div> China’s prestigious public universities are the biggest beneficiaries of philanthropic donations – many of them targeting the development of ‘world-class disciplines’ – despite a decline in the overall amount received by universities from such sources during 2022-23, according to 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href="post.php?story=20241031134225285" style="color:#000;">Study abroad still a factor in academic job market – Study</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Amber Wang</div> Contradicting a popular belief that international degrees are losing their shine as record numbers of Chinese graduates return from overseas study, new research shows that returning students still have an edge over domestic graduates in securing academic or research jobs at Chinese universities. </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">HONG KONG</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101094213282" style="color:#000;" class="">Parents call for review of coveted ‘local’ student status</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Yojana Sharma</div> </div> </div> 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