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<table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Shadi Khan Saif</div> International students eyeing Australia can heave a sigh of relief as two of the country’s leading political parties have decided to block the government’s bid to slash the number of international student enrolments at universities from more than 800,000 to 270,000. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241120143603915_5.jpg?r=157979132" 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="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">EUROPE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241120172527417" style="color:#000;" class="">Interoperability is key to transforming Europe’s universities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> Students could access courses and modules from theoretically all of Europe’s universities within the next decade if the upscaling of ‘interoperability’ happens between and beyond the existing European Alliances of higher education institutions, suggests a new discussion paper from the European University Association. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" 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=20241120114923155" style="color:#000;">Ten-year sentence for professor under harsh security law</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Yojana Sharma</div> Former University of Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai has been sentenced to 10 years in jail under Hong 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It is the longest of the sentences meted out to 45 Democrats – former legislators, activists, academics and journalists – in the High Court this week. </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=20241113150010932" style="color:#000;">Zimbabwe’s president launches study into slavery reparations</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Clemence Manyukwe</div> Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched an academic study into the impact of colonialism on the African country that will culminate in the demand for reparations from former colonial power, Britain. Vice-chancellors and academics will focus on the cost of colonial injustices. </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</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241120154116779" style="color:#000;" class="">How international students benefit the US economy – Report</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">MOZAMBIQUE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241118122232779" style="color:#000;">Post-election political protests disrupt academic activities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Clemence Manyukwe</div> </div> 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