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Yojana Sharma<\/p>\n


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Impact of geopolitics on HE worldwide is accelerating<\/p>\n

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Futao Huang, Niancai Liu and Simon Marginson<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tA closed-door seminar which analysed the forces that will shape world-class universities in the 2050s ended with a shared conviction that, although universities face unprecedented turbulence that will reorder global academic life, they hold unique potential to shape a more cooperative global future.
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UNITED STATES-CHINA<\/p>\n

Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

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UNITED STATES-GLOBAL<\/p>\n

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AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND<\/p>\n

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DENMARK<\/p>\n

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Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tUniversities, academics and trade unions have welcomed the recent announcement by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science of a new fund for basic research that will lay the foundation for scientific breakthroughs and innovation over the next four years.
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GLOBAL-SWEDEN<\/p>\n

Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

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CAMEROON<\/p>\n

Elias Ngalame<\/p>\n

\t\t\tCameroon\u2019s re-elected 93-year-old president, Paul Biya, who has ruled the country for 43 years, has pledged to chart a new path in the country\u2019s higher education system, beginning with the resumption of PhD programmes at state universities this academic year. His plans have triggered mixed reactions.<\/p>\n

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EGYPT<\/p>\n

Wagdy Sawahel<\/p>\n

\t\t\tEgypt needs at least 65 new universities by 2030 to meet the demand for higher education amid a rapidly growing university-age population, a market research report has revealed. Student enrolment is expected to surge to more than five million over the next five years.<\/p>\n

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IRELAND<\/p>\n

John Walshe<\/p>\n

\t\t\tA cross-border partnership involving Queen\u2019s University Belfast in Northern Ireland and the Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland has been agreed following weeks of confidential talks. Irish Finance Minister and Tanaiste Simon Harris said the collaboration represents an important milestone in developing an all-island education system.<\/p>\n

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Edtech, AI and Higher Education<\/p>\n


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James Yoonil Auh<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tNVIDIA\u2019s pledge of 260,000 graphic processing units, or GPUs, to South Korea is more than a hardware deal \u2013 it\u2019s a test of whether nations can educate, govern and evolve faster than their machines. Universities could be the intellectual infrastructure of the AI era, key to converting computational abundance into cognitive abundance.
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Nita Temmerman<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tFor some academics the whole activity of quality assurance may be seen as an imposition that adds to their workload \u2013 one they perceive as predominantly focusing on compliance rather than authentic quality improvement. Consequently, it is not recognised as adding value to what they do.
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Special Report: Education for Sustainable Development XI \u2013 Climate Science<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tClimate science is vital to tackling global sustainability challenges, and future leaders will require strong climate and sustainability skills. The COP30 climate conference reflected the growing importance of climate Education for Sustainable Development, as does this 11th University World News special report in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Lauren Rickards<\/p>\n

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Karen MacGregor<\/p>\n

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AFRICA<\/p>\n

Eve Ruwoko<\/p>\n

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SOUTH AFRICA<\/p>\n

Desmond Thompson<\/p>\n

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SINGAPORE<\/p>\n

Kalinga Seneviratne<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe small but densely populated island nation of Singapore is spending millions of dollars in climate-related research focused on the tropics, a hitherto neglected area of scientific knowledge, in response to the region\u2019s growing need for robust climate adaptation strategies.<\/p>\n

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SDGs<\/p>\n


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UWN Reporter<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tLund University in Sweden has seized top spot in the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: Sustainability. The results reflect ongoing progress from Asia, a strong showing from the United Kingdom \u2013 the most successful higher education system in the ranking \u2013 and some declines from the United States.
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SUDAN<\/p>\n

Gihad Ibrahim<\/p>\n

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Milan Kovacevic<\/p>\n

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NETHERLANDS<\/p>\n

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Jo Ritzen and Job Zomerplaag<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tThe outcome of the recent elections in the Netherlands offers universities breathing space from threatened cuts but reveals a challenge facing many universities across Europe: the need to demonstrate that international excellence and local relevance are mutually reinforcing rather than competing priorities.
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INDIA<\/p>\n

Shuriah Niazi<\/p>\n

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Qiang Zha and Ya Xuan Wang<\/p>\n

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Louise Nicol<\/p>\n

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KAZAKHSTAN<\/p>\n

Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Tatyana Kim and Aliya Kuzhabekova<\/p>\n

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UNITED STATES<\/p>\n

Brendan O\u2019Malley<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThe Trump administration\u2019s push against universities and science is posing an \u2018existential threat\u2019 to higher education and democracy and is transforming universities into breeding grounds of compliance, university leaders and academic freedom experts warned the Anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum MCU2020.<\/p>\n

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Sjur Bergan<\/p>\n

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