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expertise to enhance judicial efficiency, transparency and accessibility, writes Terence J Sigamony for the <I>Business Recorder</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">INDIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116102209645" style="color:#000;">India launches PAIR programme to enhance HE research</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Business Standard</div>India’s central government on Thursday 14 November launched the Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) programme, designed to elevate research capabilities in higher education institutions across India with limited research capabilities by fostering collaborations with top-tier institutions, writes Sanket Koul for the <I>Business Standard</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116102040383" style="color:#000;">SA universities ranked among top global institutions</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Star</div>The Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS) for 2025 has ranked South Africa’s University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University among the top global universities with employable graduates, writes Hope Mafu for <I>The Star</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116101907469" style="color:#000;">Republicans take Congress, aim to amplify HE responsibility</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Inside Higher Ed</div>Republicans are primed to ratchet up their efforts to hold colleges accountable after securing a majority in the United States House and Senate, writes Jessica Blake for <I>Inside Higher Ed</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024111610172876" style="color:#000;">Universities fear government review will lead to cuts</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">RNZ</div>A New Zealand government review of universities is asking if students are paying the right amount in fees for their degrees, writes John Gerritsen for <I>RNZ</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024111609425231" style="color:#000;">Jay-Z launches financial education programme at HBCUs</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">HuffPost</div>Jay-Z is breathing life into the curriculum of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States in a major way, writes Jazmin Tolliver for <I>HuffPost</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116094114545" style="color:#000;">Anger as future of Wales’ oldest university campus in doubt</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Wales Online</div>The future of Wales’ oldest university campus is in doubt with plans to move courses, students and staff out. The University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) has told students and staff it is consulting on moving all the humanities courses taught at the 200-year-old Lampeter campus to Carmarthen next year, writes Abbie Wightwick for <I>Wales Online</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116093923694" style="color:#000;">University of Cape Town’s MBA programme best in Africa</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Times Live</div>The University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme has been ranked number one in Africa, writes Jim Mohlala for <I>Times Live</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116093805976" style="color:#000;">‘Combative’ Oxbridge teaching holds women back – Report</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Research Professional News</div>Confrontational teaching unfairly hinders female students and is partly to blame for female Oxbridge graduates falling behind their male counterparts in achieving first-class degrees, according to a Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) report, writes Chris Parr for <I>Research Professional News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241116093626586" style="color:#000;">Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Guardian</div>New College of Florida reinstated a course on ‘wokeness’ taught by controversial British media personality and culture warrior Andrew Doyle to its catalogue, after appearing to remove it from an earlier version, amid an ongoing furore over the university’s transformation into a more conservative institution, writes Jason Wilson for <I>The Guardian</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115145913379" style="color:#000;">UK research foundations ‘crumbling’, warns vice-chancellor</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Research Professional News</div>The foundations on which the United Kingdom research ecosystem depends – universities – are crumbling, a vice-chancellor has warned, with institutions affected by the impact of visa changes for international students, writes Frances Jones for <I>Research Professional News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115145735396" style="color:#000;">‘Wanted’ posters targeting Jewish faculty appear on campus</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">CNN</div>Hundreds of posters depicting Jewish faculty members as “wanted” were plastered across the University of Rochester campus in upstate New York on Sunday night, 10 November, an antisemitic act the school’s president told CNN “would not be tolerated”, write Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Galgano, Brynn Gingras for <I>CNN</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115145615845" style="color:#000;">Edinburgh University warns its students not to be ‘snobs’</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Independent</div>Scotland’s University of Edinburgh has warned privileged students not to be “snobs” towards their working-class peers, writes Jabed Ahmed for the <I>Independent</I>. The university has admitted there is a problem of class-related prejudice on campus, with poorer students being “inadvertently or deliberately shamed by more privileged students”.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MOROCCO</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115145456214" style="color:#000;">Ministry to increase university scholarship rate to 86%</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Morocco World News</div>Morocco’s Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation is set to increase the acceptance rate for university scholarships, raising it from 82% to 86% this year, writes Mahamadou Simpara for <I>Morocco World News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115092302221" style="color:#000;">Meta taps universities in US and UK to test VR in education</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">TechCrunch</div>As part of an ongoing effort to embed virtual reality (VR) in education, Meta has launched a new partnership with a slew of universities in the United States and the United Kingdom, designed to provide feedback on a new product that Meta hopes will finally make VR just a little more mainstream, writes Paul Sawers for <I>TechCrunch</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">CHINA-HONG KONG</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115092134375" style="color:#000;">145 mainland HE institutions to admit Hong Kong students</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">China Daily</div>The Education Bureau in Hong Kong on Monday 11 November welcomed the Ministry of Education’s announcement that 145 Chinese mainland higher education institutions will admit students from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region next school year, writes Wang Zhan for <I>China Daily</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SINGAPORE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115092013411" style="color:#000;">Singapore recognises nine more foreign medical universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Straits Times</div>Singapore students keen on pursuing a medical career can enrol in another nine overseas universities, which will bring the number of recognised foreign medical schools in Singapore to 112, writes Angelica Ang for <I>The Straits Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ETHIOPIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115091853869" style="color:#000;">Teachers’ body asks for free healthcare and other benefits</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Reporter</div>The Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) has appealed to the Ministry of Education for greater support for university teachers and their families, requesting access to free healthcare at university hospitals and a hardship allowance, writes Sisay Sahlu for <I>The Reporter</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241115091705250" style="color:#000;">Authorities work to find source of racist text messages</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">CNN</div>Federal and state authorities in the United States are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to black people, including college students, across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation”, write Dalia Faheid, Ashley R Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas for <I>CNN</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UKRAINE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241112150248456" style="color:#000;">Education ministry plans to cull around 20 universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">NV</div>The Ukrainian Education Ministry plans to reduce the number of universities across the country to about 100, down from 121 currently, Deputy Education Minister Mykhailo Vynnytskyi said on 8 November, reports <I>NV</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">CHINA-ITALY</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241112150112803" style="color:#000;">China to offer 100 exchange spots to Italian universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Xinhua</div>China will offer over 100 exchange opportunities to Italian universities, with the aim of further deepening higher education exchanges between the two countries, Huai Jinpeng, the Chinese minister of education, said on Saturday 9 November, reports <I>Xinhua</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">KENYA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241112145841931" style="color:#000;">Universities challenged to support entrepreneurship skills</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Kenya News Agency</div>State Department for Citizen Services and Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Kibet Bitok has challenged universities in Kenya to be part of the country’s ongoing transformation through innovation and creativity, reports <I>Kenya News Agency</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024111214563936" style="color:#000;">Over 36% of tertiary-educated workers are underemployed</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">New Straits Times</div>About 1.95 million tertiary-educated workers in Malaysia are underemployed and working in semi-skilled or low-skilled jobs as of the third quarter of 2024, writes Iylia Marsya Iskandar for <I>New Straits Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241112145515837" style="color:#000;">As costs rise, universities help students to study abroad</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Chunichi Shimbun</div>Japanese university students aspiring to study abroad are being bogged down by the weak yen and a global rise in prices, reports <I>Chunichi Shimbun</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">RWANDA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024111214534093" style="color:#000;">New guidelines published to support international students</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The New Times</div>In partnership with key stakeholders, the Higher Education Council (HEC) of Rwanda developed comprehensive guidelines for the effective management of international students, writes Fidele Nsengiyumva for <I>The New Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108140808597" style="color:#000;">New private university for South Africa coming in 2026</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">BusinessTech</div>Stadio, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa, has announced that construction of its new Durbanville campus has commenced, with the first phase set to launch in mid-2025, reports <I>BusinessTech</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ITALY</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108140643490" style="color:#000;">Government to prepare plan to bolster research security</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Reuters</div>Italy is preparing a plan to shield its universities and research from foreign influence, a government undersecretary said on Thursday 7 November, to prevent other nations from obtaining valuable scientific and technological knowledge, reports <I>Reuters</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SUDAN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108140526184" style="color:#000;">Students awaiting visas to study in Egypt protest delay</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Mada Masr</div>Dozens of Sudanese students gathered outside the Egyptian Consulate in Port Sudan on Tuesday 5 November to call for the issuance of study visas that would allow them entry into Egypt, and for which the students have applied and paid, writes Moataz Hagag for <I>Mada Masr</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">TURKIYE-EGYPT</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108140353264" style="color:#000;">Türkiye and Egypt to establish joint university in Cairo</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Türkiye Today</div>Erol Ozvar, president of the Higher Education Council in Türkiye, announced on Tuesday 5 November that Türkiye and Egypt will collaborate to establish a joint university in Cairo. The agreement was reached with Egypt’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, reports <I>Türkiye Today</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">POLAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108073423188" style="color:#000;">Almost half of foreign students in Poland are Ukrainian</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Ukrinform</div>A total of 19,900 students from Ukraine were enrolled in Polish universities in the 2023-24 academic year. At the end of the previous academic year, 45,000 citizens of Ukraine studied at Polish universities, or almost 45% of the total number of foreign students registered in Poland, reports <I>Ukrinform</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108073213484" style="color:#000;">Ministry proposes colloquial language study in universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Bernama</div>Malaysia’s Ministry of National Unity has proposed incorporating the study of colloquial language and local dialects as part of the language studies syllabus at higher education institutions, reports <I>Bernama</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">FIJI</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108073101746" style="color:#000;">Commission seeks to reduce higher education tuition fees</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">FBC News</div>The Fiji Higher Education Commission has expressed its desire to reduce tuition fees at local tertiary institutions, writes Apenisa Waqairadovu for <I>FBC News</I>. Chair Steve Chand revealed this during a bilateral meeting with United Arab Emirates Envoy to the Pacific, Omar Shehadeh.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110807294326" style="color:#000;">Universities in ‘knowledge capital’ face difficult times</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>Canberra often promotes itself as the knowledge capital of Australia. But looming job cuts at the city’s two major universities, proposed reductions to international student numbers and growing mistrust among some staff are threatening that title, writes Jade Toomey for <I>ABC News</I>. </div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">KENYA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241108072801892" style="color:#000;">Concern over legal loophole enabling ghost student problem</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Capital FM</div>Taxpayers in Kenya might continue losing billions to ghost students due to the lack of a legal framework compelling universities to share data on continuing students with relevant funding agencies, writes Irene Mwangi for <I>Capital FM</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UGANDA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241107140116172" style="color:#000;">Study finds scientists do not communicate research findings</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Uganda Radio Network</div>A new study by Uganda’s Makerere University has found that a lot of research which would otherwise be used to drive development or solve community challenges lies idle because scientists can’t easily communicate their findings or turn them into useable solutions, reports <I>Uganda Radio Network</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH SUDAN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241107135956124" style="color:#000;">University students protest in solidarity with unpaid staff</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Radio Tamazuj</div>Students of the Rumbek University of Science and Technology (RUST) in South Sudan on Monday 4 November staged a peaceful demonstration within their campus, demanding 10 months’ pay arrears for the academic staff of the institution, reports <I>Radio Tamazuj</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110713583115" style="color:#000;">Canterbury university axes ‘unviable’ literature degrees</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">BBC News</div>More than 100 people have signed a petition calling on Canterbury Christ Church University in England to reverse its decision to stop offering English literature degrees from September 2025, writes Lauren Kidson for <I>BBC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241107135644816" style="color:#000;">Calls for guidelines to combat bullying in universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">New Straits Times</div>Former minister Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia’s higher education ministry should establish guidelines to tackle bullying in higher learning institutions, writes Fuad Nizam for <I>New Straits Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH KOREA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241107130136359" style="color:#000;">Universities asked to offer single dorm rooms to meet demand</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Korea JoongAng Daily</div>Universities are being encouraged to shift their dormitory layouts to offer individual rooms, reflecting students’ preference for personal space. This factor is set to become part of university evaluations and funding considerations, writes Lee Tae-hee for <I>Korea JoongAng Daily</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UKRAINE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110713000328" style="color:#000;">Third-year students to undergo mandatory military training</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">NikVesti</div>From the 2025-26 academic year, third-year students at Ukrainian universities will undergo basic military training. Such innovations are not related to mobilisation but are designed to provide students with basic knowledge and skills in self-defence, handling weapons and providing first aid, reports <I>NikVesti</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=202411071258137" style="color:#000;">University to cut 137 jobs due to overseas enrolment drop</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>Australia’s University of Wollongong (UOW) is set to cut more than 100 academic positions in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages, writes Tim Fernandez for <I>ABC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241107125652544" style="color:#000;">Inside the job of a fake degree and bogus university hunter</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Nature</div>André Hesselbäck has spent the past 22 years hunting down fraudulent organisations that sell phoney degrees with no academic requirements or proper accreditation, writes Christine Ro for <I>Nature</I>. </div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106142336452" style="color:#000;">Budget receives mixed response from science, HE sectors</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Chemistry World</div>The United Kingdom science sector has welcomed the government’s decision to protect investment in research and development in the autumn budget. However, many in higher education have expressed disappointment at the lack of additional funding for universities, writes Julia Robinson for <I>Chemistry World</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106142203529" style="color:#000;">Ministry scraps quota system at Sarawak public universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Star/Asia News Network</div>Admission into five state-owned universities in Sarawak will be based solely on meritocracy to pick the best of the best, said Dr Annuar Rapaee, the Malaysian state’s deputy minister of education, innovation and talent development, reports <I>The Star/Asia News Network</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110614202558" style="color:#000;">Chinese student at risk of expulsion for wearing shorts</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Asia One</div>A Chinese international student at Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM) faces possible expulsion after he wore shorts to the library, violating the university’s dress code, writes Dana Leong for <I>Asia One</I>. </div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">IRAN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110614183048" style="color:#000;">Woman strips off clothes at university in possible protest</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Reuters</div>A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday 2 November in an apparent protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports, reports <I>Reuters</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">TUNISIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=202411061417103" style="color:#000;">University demands release of French student in Tunisia</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">RFI</div>French PhD student Victor Dupont has been detained in Tunisia on breach of state security charges for at least 12 days, it was announced last week. His university has denounced the arrest as an attack on fundamental liberties, writes Melissa Chemam for <I>RFI</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106141538499" style="color:#000;">Ministry scraps standardised test for university admissions</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The National</div>An exam used to assess entry to universities in the United Arab Emirates has been scrapped with immediate effect and replaced with revised admission criteria, authorities announced on Sunday 3 November, reports <I>The National</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">CYPRUS</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241102095536221" style="color:#000;">Minister defends introduction of foreign language courses</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Cyprus Mail</div>The Cyprus government’s plan to introduce foreign language undergraduate programmes at the country’s public universities is “based on scientific arguments”, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday 30 October, writes Tom Cleaver for <I>Cyprus Mail</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">HUNGARY</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241102095345870" style="color:#000;">Government gives financial relief to young parents in HE</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Hungary Today</div>The government of Hungary has introduced new state scholarships for married university students up to the age of 30, who have children, reports <I>Hungary Today</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241102095226238" style="color:#000;">Staffer fired after disclosing trans status sues university</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">AP News</div>The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia in the United States by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman, writes David Crary for <I>AP News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">EGYPT</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241102095049166" style="color:#000;">Cabinet approves change to private, national university law</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Zawya</div>The Egyptian cabinet has approved a draft law that amends certain provisions of the private and national universities law. The new amendment allows private and national universities to admit students who hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, effective from the academic year 2024-25, reports <I>Zawya</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024110209432788" style="color:#000;">University to probe public destruction of report on assault</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>Australia’s University of Sydney has launched an immediate investigation after students publicly tore up a report into rape, harassment and hazing at residential colleges, writes Xanthe Gregory for <I>ABC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ZIMBABWE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101093653596" style="color:#000;">HE minister among two ordered to repay borrowed funds</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Zimbabwe Mail</div>In a significant ruling for public financial management, the Zimbabwe High Court has convicted Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister July Moyo and Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Frederick Shava for borrowing funds without Treasury approval, reports <I>The Zimbabwe Mail</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">KENYA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101093531226" style="color:#000;">Lecturers’ strike: Labour court orders resumption of talks</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">NTV</div>The Labour court has declared the ongoing lecturers’ strike in Kenya unprotected and directed the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) and Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF) to resume talks, writes Steven Otieno for <I>NTV</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">TURKIYE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101093253960" style="color:#000;">Concern over law faculty deans with non-law credentials</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2"></div>In Türkiye’s public universities, one-fourth of the 44 law faculties have deans who were not graduates of law faculties, reports <I>Duvar English</I>. As the trust in the justice system has declined to historically low levels and criticisms regarding the violations of right to a fair trial have intensified, discussions about the quality of legal education have also flared up in Türkiye.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101093122369" style="color:#000;">Palestinian student who was stripped of UK visa wins appeal</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Guardian</div>A Palestinian student who was stripped of her student visa after remarks she made about the Israel-Gaza war has won a human rights appeal against the Home Office’s decision, writes Geneva Abdul for <I>The Guardian</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101092958174" style="color:#000;">Southern Cross University cuts all creative arts programmes</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>Students and community members have been left heartbroken after Australia’s Southern Cross University (SCU) announced it would axe its creative arts programme, writes Emma Rennie for <I>ABC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ARMENIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241101092811973" style="color:#000;">Students condemn universities over delegations to Baku COP29</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Public Radio of Armenia</div>Armenian students called out Villanova University, Queen’s University, University of Washington and Northwestern University for their decision to send student delegations to the COP29 to be held in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, this November, writes Siranush Ghazanchyan for <I>Public Radio of Armenia</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH KOREA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241031143118837" style="color:#000;">Medical schools permitted to grant striking students leave</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Korea Times</div>South Korea’s Education Ministry decided on Tuesday 29 October to allow medical schools the freedom to grant academic leave requested by students, as most medical students have been boycotting classes for months in protest against the increase in the medical school admission quota, reports <I>The Korea Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024103114292673" style="color:#000;">DEI ban: State universities reallocate over US$2 million</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Iowa Capital Dispatch</div>Iowa’s state universities have reallocated more than US$2.1 million originally used for positions and offices relating to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on campus as a result of Iowa Board of Regent directives and a state law set to go into effect next summer, according to a report released on Tuesday 29 October, writes Brooklyn Draisey for <I>Iowa Capital Dispatch</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NIGERIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241031142736634" style="color:#000;">Bill to set up entrepreneurship university gets green light</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Daily Champion</div>The bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship in Bama, Borno State, Nigeria, received overwhelming support from all stakeholders during a public hearing held on Monday 28 October, reports <I>Daily Champion</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ASIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241030124810978" style="color:#000;">Universities named key players in boosting startup economy</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Asian Business Review</div>With Southeast Asia’s startup economy expected to reach SG$1 trillion (US$754 billion) in 2025, universities are seen as key players in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, according to a report by Singapore Management University (SMU) and Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, reports <I>The Asian Business Review</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241030124644957" style="color:#000;">Residence closure: Chancellor says final report was altered</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Daily Maverick</div>Leaders of South Africa’s Stellenbosch University have been called to “answer damning questions about secrecy, tampering and dishonesty” around alleged changes to a report that recommended the closure of Wilgenhof – the male residence founded in 1903 that made headlines this year after an exposé on allegedly dehumanising initiation and disciplinary practices, writes Suné Payne for <I>Daily Maverick</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=202410301245231" style="color:#000;">Brown University suspends pro-Palestinian student group</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">NBC News</div>Brown University in the United States suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) after the group led a rally protesting the university’s decision not to divest its endowment from certain companies that support Israel, writes Kyla Guilfoil for <I>NBC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">EUROPE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241030124356559" style="color:#000;">Far-right governments seek to cut billions from research</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Nature</div>A surge in far-right parties entering governments across Europe is raising concerns for science. The parties, whose focus is typically immigration, care little about research, say policy experts, writes David Matthews for <I>Nature</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NIGERIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241030124233774" style="color:#000;">Striking non-academic staff unions shut down universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Vanguard</div>Universities across Nigeria, especially those owned by the federal government, were on Monday 28 October shut down by non-academic staff under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), write Adesina Wahab and Joseph Erunke for <I>Vanguard</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241030124108161" style="color:#000;">Universities fume over government’s ongoing visa crackdown</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Research Professional News</div>Universities Australia has accused the government of “holding universities to ransom” over a controversial visa processing rule, writes Jenny Sinclair for <I>Research Professional News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029103458936" style="color:#000;">Scottish universities among top animal testers in the UK</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The National</div>Scotland’s University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow carried some of the highest number of animal tests in the United Kingdom last year, according to figures from Understanding Animal Research (UAR), writes Joe Scotting for <I>The National</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SWITZERLAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029103219760" style="color:#000;">Increased tuition fees for foreign students starting 2025</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">RTL</div>From next year onward, foreign students at Swiss engineering and technical universities face tripled tuition fees, pending a referendum, writes Lynn Welter for <I>RTL</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">FINLAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029103057893" style="color:#000;">University of Helsinki reduces its requirements for PhD</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Yle News</div>Since this past August, it has become easier to earn a PhD at the University of Helsinki in Finland, reports <I>Yle News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029102933689" style="color:#000;">Job cuts warning in wake of international student caps plan</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>More than 1,000 workers could soon lose their jobs as Australia’s universities aggressively cut costs ahead of the federal government’s proposed international student caps, which are expected to take effect next year, writes David Chau for <I>ABC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">LIBERIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029102808574" style="color:#000;">University of Liberia launches two doctoral programmes</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Daily Observer</div>Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially launched the doctoral degree programmes at the University of Liberia, writes Claudius T Greene Jr for the <I>Daily Observer</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024102910261956" style="color:#000;">UCL staff voice concern over ‘dismantling’ of Art Museum</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Guardian</div>Academics are outraged that University College London (UCL) has failed to put its Art Museum and significant art collection at the heart of its bicentennial redevelopment plans, writes Dalya Alberge for <I>The Guardian</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SPAIN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241026133308417" style="color:#000;">‘Nature’ retracts 75 papers connected to university rector</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Science</div>In response to concerns raised by several scientists and a prominent Spanish media outlet, the scientific publisher Springer Nature has retracted 75 conference papers connected to computer scientist Juan Manuel Corchado, rector of the University of Salamanca (USAL), who has been accused of dramatically inflating citations to his own work, writes Cathleen O’Grady for <I>Science</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241026133148876" style="color:#000;">US professors face investigations over Palestine support</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Guardian</div>Several professors at universities around the United States are facing disciplinary actions in regard to their support for the pro-Palestine movement and their students holding protests on college campuses, writes Michael Sainato for <I>The Guardian</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SPAIN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241026133021935" style="color:#000;">Under new rule, private universities to offer student dorms</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Anadolu Agency</div>A Spanish daily has reported that the Spanish government will issue a decree requiring newly established private universities to offer housing options for their students, writes Beyza Binnur Donmez for <I>Anadolu Agency</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">HONG KONG</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024102613283086" style="color:#000;">Bureau recognises role of self-financing tertiary sector</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">South China Morning Post</div>Self-financing tertiary institutions can play a more important role in helping Hong Kong become a global post-secondary education hub, authorities have said, as the head of one such body urged the government to relax the cap on non-local admissions to the same level that public universities enjoyed, writes William Yiu for <I>South China Morning Post</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025145212308" style="color:#000;">French Nobel winner joins Peking University to lead research</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Malay Mail</div>French physicist Gérard Mourou, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics with Canadian Donna Strickland, is now a chair professor at China’s top-ranking Peking University’s School of Physics, reports the <I>Malay Mail</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025144937278" style="color:#000;">Settlement reached on the closure of Stellenbosch residence</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">IOL</div>The Association for the Advancement of Wilgenhof Residents (AWIR) and Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa have settled the litigation regarding the closure of Wilgenhof residence in 2025, writes Sinenhlanhla Masilela for <I>IOL</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH KOREA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025144810345" style="color:#000;">Hyundai and universities unite to advance robot technology</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Korea JoongAng Daily</div>Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday 23 October that it has created a Joint Robotics Research Lab with Seoul National University, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), writes Lee Tae-hee for <I>Korea JoongAng Daily</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025144253898" style="color:#000;">Ministry to review speech restriction on public universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">New Straits Times</div>Malaysia’s Higher Education Ministry has requested a review of the Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge) Act 2000 to allow public universities to freely make statements, write Qistina Sallehuddin and Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi for <I>New Straits Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025111838648" style="color:#000;">Fewer students are disclosing race in college applications</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">USA Today</div>Data shows that fewer students in this fall’s class of college freshmen chose to disclose their race or ethnicity in their applications to some top schools in the United States, writes Zachary Schermele for <I>USA Today</I>. </div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024102511173063" style="color:#000;">Universities stall in bid to meet target for poor students</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Scotsman</div>Progress towards meeting a key target for increasing the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds at Scottish universities is stalling, new figures show, writes Calum Ross for <I>The Scotsman</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025111605954" style="color:#000;">Universities ramp up scholarships to attract Indian students</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Radio New Zealand</div>More than half of New Zealand universities are offering dedicated packages targeting Indian applicants, including scholarships and fee discounts, writes Blessen Tom for <I>Radio New Zealand</I>. Currently, five universities have these offers in place to attract more international students from India.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ARGENTINA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025111417341" style="color:#000;">University community holds open-air classes against Milei</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Buenos Aires Herald</div>Algebra, software engineering, psychology, economics, statistics – on Tuesday 22 October, more than 100 university professors gave their lessons outdoors in Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. The protest outside the Casa Rosada was part of a 48-hour nationwide strike against President Javier Milei’s government, writes Facundo Iglesia for <I>Buenos Aires Herald</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">AUSTRALIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025100255550" style="color:#000;">University to cut 200 jobs as part of cost-saving measures</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ABC News</div>Australia’s University of Canberra will cut at least 200 jobs as part of an “urgent and significant” cost-saving overhaul, writes Penny Travers for <I>ABC News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ZAMBIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025100124459" style="color:#000;">Minister announces establishment of another AI facility</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ITWeb</div>Zambia is establishing another Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence in the capital, Lusaka, just weeks after announcing the opening of a similar facility in collaboration with Google, writes Arnold Mulenga for <I>ITWeb</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241025095941918" style="color:#000;">University halls of residence report rise in applications</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Radio New Zealand</div>Many New Zealand universities are reporting an increase in applications for halls of residence next year, writes John Gerritsen for <I>Radio New Zealand</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">NEW ZEALAND</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241023120553240" style="color:#000;">Universities take steps to address online abuse of academics</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Research Professional News</div>New Zealand’s universities are reviewing how they support researchers in the face of rising concerns about online work-related abuse, writes Jenny Sinclair for <I>Research Professional News</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ETHIOPIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241023120315977" style="color:#000;">Universities forum raises alarm over rising sexual violence</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Reporter</div>A forum for higher education institutions in the Amhara Regional State in Ethiopia reported that more than 5,000 survivors of sexual and gender-based violence have sought clinical care in the year leading up to September 2024, writes Sisay Sahlu for <I>The Reporter</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">COTE D'IVOIRE</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241023120146717" style="color:#000;">Government bans student unions following two student deaths</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Peoples Gazette</div>The Ivory Coast government has banned the activities of all student unions in the country after the killing of two students identified as Khalifa Diomandé and Zigui Mars Aubin Déagoué, writes Olumayowa Samuel for <I>Peoples Gazette</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">MALAYSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024102311593611" style="color:#000;">New tuition fees for high-income families to be announced</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">New Straits Times</div>Malaysia’s Higher Education Ministry will announce new tuition fee rates at public higher learning institutes for students from high-income families, writes Muhamad Lokman Khairi for the <I>New Straits Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">IRAN-RUSSIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241023115643549" style="color:#000;">Iranian university and Russian academy to enhance ties</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Tehran Times</div>Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost scientific cooperation, reports the <I>Tehran Times</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">CANADA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241023115422307" style="color:#000;">Environmental school cuts financial ties to fossil fuels</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">The Guardian</div>The University of Toronto’s environment school has announced it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies, in a landmark win for climate activists, writes Dharna Noor for <I>The Guardian</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241019103643814" style="color:#000;">Labour accused of giving ‘false hope’ to Welsh universities</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Morning Star</div>The Plaid Cymru party accused Labour on 16 October of offering universities “false hope” after appearing to withdraw its emergency fund promise, as Welsh universities recently warned of a possible £100 million (US$130 million) black hole, with some already announcing redundancies, reports the <I>Morning Star</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">ESTONIA</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241019103202744" style="color:#000;">Students rally in Tallinn to support free higher education</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">ERR</div>On Friday 18 October, school and university students from across Estonia rallied in front of Stenbock House in Tallinn to remind the Estonian government how vital it is to maintain access to free higher education, reports <I>ERR</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">PAKISTAN</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241019103032569" style="color:#000;">Concerned about unrest, government gives students a holiday</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Pakistan Observer</div>In response to escalating protests by students over a recent on-campus rape incident, the Punjab government in Pakistan declared a holiday for all colleges and universities on Friday 18 October. The decision came as student activists demanded stronger action and justice for the victim, reports <I>Pakistan Observer</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">HONG KONG</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241019102826518" style="color:#000;">Third medical school to be built in Northern Metropolis</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">Hong Kong Free Press</div>Hong Kong is set to have a third medical school with the government reserving a site at the upcoming 30,000-hectare Northern Metropolis, writes Hans Tse for <I>Hong Kong Free Press</I>.</div> <div style="padding-bottom:12px;border-top: 1px solid #a2b6c9;padding-top:10px;"><div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div><div style="padding-bottom:4px"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241019102645294" style="color:#000;">Columbia University temporarily bans pro-Israel professor</a></h1></div><div class="byline-country botmar2">CNN</div>Columbia University in the United States has temporarily banned pro-Israel professor Shai Davidai from campus for “repeatedly harassing and intimidating” school employees, writes Sabrina Souza for <I>CNN</I>.</div> <div style="width:715px;height:0px"></div></td> <td style="width:261px;margin-left:10px;border-left:1px solid #999;padding-left:10px" valign="top"> <div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=iauaug2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=iauaug2024" style="" alt="iauaug2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=uaeuoct2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=uaeuoct2024" style="" alt="uaeuoct2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=uukconfnov2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=uukconfnov2024" style="" alt="uukconfnov2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=abetsympoct2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=abetsympoct2024" style="" alt="abetsympoct2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=stelunijul2023"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=stelunijul2023" style="width:250px;height:400px" alt="stelunijul2023"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=gulfconftlfnov2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=gulfconftlfnov2024" style="" alt="gulfconftlfnov2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=nafsanov2024"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=nafsanov2024" style="" alt="nafsanov2024"></a></div><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=hetl"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=hetl" style="width:250px;height:250px" alt="hetl"></a></div></div> <div></div> <div></div> </td> </tr></table> </div> <div id="footer" class="wdiv p8px" style="font-size:16px;line-height:24px;background:#000;color:#fff"> <a href="page.php?page=UW_Main">Global</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Africa_Edition">Africa</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Asia_Hub">Asia</a> | <a href="page.php?page=SDGs_Hub">SDGs</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Edtech_AI_Hub">Edtech/AI</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Commentary_Hub">Commentary</a> | <a href="topic-page.php?topic=World_Blog">World Blog</a> | <a href="special-report.php?publication=global">Special Reports</a> | <a href="page.php?page=subscribe">Subscribe</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Careers_at_UWN">Careers at UWN</a> <br> <a href="bookmarks.php">Bookmarks</a> | <a href="page.php?page=About_Us">About Us</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Advertising">Advertise</a> | <a href="page.php?page=sponsor-partner-profservices">Sponsorship</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Terms_Conditions">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="page.php?page=Contact_Us_Intro">Contact</a> | <a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/fb/">Facebook</a> | <a href="version-force.php?ver=mobile">Mobile Site</a> </div> <div id="footer" class="wdiv p8px" style="font-size:12px;background:#000;color:#fff;border-top:1px solid #444">Copyright 2024 University World News</div> </div> </div> </div> <script> </script> <script> var bb = new BankersBox(1); 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