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class="byline-country botmar2">Patricio Sanchez-Campos</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/20241113073628537_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=20241113073628537" style="color:#000;">Universities need to prove their value to local communities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Hamish Coates and Angel Calderon</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/20241112105337568_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=20241112105337568" style="color:#000;">International education needs to join the AI conversation</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Shanton Chang, Marc Cheong and Eduardo Araujo Oliveira</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">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241113122522792" style="color:#000;" class="">Education tourism: A perfect solution to the West’s woes</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Louise Nicol</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">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106092936296" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Social media influencers can widen access to study abroad</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Sazana Jayadeva</div> Study abroad influencers are arguably democratising access to study abroad by acting as a virtual ‘elder sibling’ or friend, providing prospective international students with the social and cultural capital necessary for successful student migration – resources to which many might otherwise not have access. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241106092936296_5.jpg?r=361842299" 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">AUSTRALIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106070335337" style="color:#000;" class="">Financial recovery for universities could be years away</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Angel Calderon</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241106070335337_5.jpg?r=175781184" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Australian universities’ governance frameworks were constructed in a period of economic stability, which means that policy-makers, regulators, university leadership and governance will all be tested as institutions enter an uncertain future compounded by operating deficits, a weaker economy and rising unemployment. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ASIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106070753910" style="color:#000;">Where choosing South-South mobility is a compromise</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Xing Xu and Ly Tran</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241106070753910_5.jpg?r=200055495" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Recent research shows that Malaysia represents a ‘realistic compromise’ as a study destination among Chinese doctoral students whose first choice – typically universities in Western countries – is unattainable. This shows the desirability and superiority of certain destinations over others with regard to student mobility. </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=20241106071053766" style="color:#000;" class="">Flexible work offers benefits for people and institutions</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Jon McNaughtan and Catherine Shepard</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241106085748144" style="color:#000;">Venture competitions – An excellent first step for students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Robert A Phillips</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 STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029144810388" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Universities can expect a frontal attack if Trump returns</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">John Aubrey Douglass</div> If Donald Trump returns to the presidency, we will likely see an extreme return of his policy agenda for higher education, a convergence of the attacks on university autonomy currently being pursued by red states, and a more organised notion of a president’s executive authority. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241029144810388_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">EUROPE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241029151054322" style="color:#000;" class="">New-era policies aim to halt erosion of academic freedom</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Peter Maassen</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241029151054322_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Studies initiated by the European Parliament have proposed several policies aimed at raising awareness about the importance of academic freedom and improving its protection. The input of the academic community is crucial for their further development and implementation, at European and national levels. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241028135546429" style="color:#000;">What do the 2024 Nobel prizes tell us about human society?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Philip G Altbach and Tessa DeLaquil</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241028135546429_5.jpg?r=258711347" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> As resources committed to basic science are increasingly contested, and access to research opportunities becomes more elite – though critical to securing humanity’s future – the Nobel science prizes give us universal pause to consider what we, as a human society, want 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