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UNITED KINGDOM
Nic Mitchell
The United Kingdom has joined the race to attract international research talent disillusioned by the Trump administration’s attack on science and universities in the United States. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is investing £54 million over the next five years.
INDIA-UNITED STATES
Shuriah Niazi
UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA
Wagdy Sawahel
UNITED KINGDOM
Nic Mitchell
DENMARK
Jan Petter Myklebust
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EUROPE
The plan gives big increases for research and exchanges
Nic Mitchell
The European research and higher education communities were celebrating significant wins in the hard-fought battle to get the European Commission to propose increases in both the draft budgets for the next Horizon Europe research and innovation Framework Programme and the Erasmus+ student mobility scheme.
UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
INDIA
Shuriah Niazi
AUSTRALIA
Shadi Khan Saif
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INDIA
Shuriah Niazi
Thirty-two Indian universities have been flagged as being among the most ‘at risk’ worldwide by a new Research Integrity Risk Index, which identifies academic institutions with systemic research irregularities. This is a notable increase from the initial seven universities flagged with the most publications.
UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
SOUTH KOREA
Yumi Jeung
Medical students in South Korea have said they will return to their university courses after an extended boycott. However, student groups have not specified when or how the return would take place, while medical schools face considerable hurdles organising the education of different cohorts.
KENYA
Wilson Odhiambo
Zetech University has become the first Kenyan university – and only the second institution on the continent – to receive the African Academy of Sciences’ highest certification for Good Financial Grant Practice. The certification provides funders with information about grants management accountability.
DENMARK
Jan Petter Myklebust
Bangladeshi students have voiced strong concerns over increasingly hostile media coverage by the right-wing press in Denmark, fuelling fears of growing ‘Muslim immigration’ at Denmark’s universities, and claims by right-wing politicians that they are exploiting loopholes in immigration law to take Danish jobs.
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Edtech, AI and Higher Education
GLOBAL
John Garry, Mark Tomlinson and Maria Lohan
Artificial intelligence may be good at answering questions. But can AI help us to come up with good questions in the first place? We have considered whether Large Language Models may potentially play a role in identifying important and impactful health-related research questions.
GLOBAL
Elizabeth Gadd and Nick Jennings
AI is reshaping research, from drafting proposals to automating parts of peer review and assessment. It is both exacerbating the need for research assessment reform and offering potential solutions. AI-augmented assessment models, where technology supports – but never replaces – human judgement, might offer a way forward.
UNITED STATES
Elise Silva
As generative AI continues to pervade everyday life, research has found university students feeling disturbed about AI use in the classroom and among their peers. It is important to listen to students and consider novel ways to help them – they are more than ready to talk.
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GLOBAL
Ignacio Sánchez, Diego Durán and Emilio RodrÃguez-Ponce
More research is being conducted into the importance of institutional ethics for university development, but there is still a need for more evidence from a range of countries on the impact of embedding ethics into the university system and its contribution to society.
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GLOBAL
Damtew Teferra and Wondwosen Tamrat
Plans for a United Nations-based online university that expands access to higher education for the least developed countries are ambitious and could move the Sustainable Development Goals forward, but they require coordinated action across governments, the private sector, international development partners and philanthropic organisations.
THAILAND
Kalinga Seneviratne
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JAPAN
Suvendrini Kakuchi
In a bid to boost the sagging number of Japanese doctoral students, the Japanese government is planning to reduce resources for international PhD students. The proposal aims to cut annual living allowances for foreigners, while Japanese students will continue to receive the funding.
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Patrick Blessinger
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Patrick Blessinger
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Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit
INDIA
Shuriah Niazi
In a sweeping operation that has shaken India’s medical education sector, the country’s premier investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, has unearthed what is believed to be one of the largest medical education corruption cases in the country’s history.
GLOBAL
Min Bahadur Bista
Skills-based hiring is rapidly becoming the dominant recruitment paradigm and has big implications for higher education systems, emphasising demonstrable competencies over traditional indicators like degrees, job titles or experience. Universities must adapt by integrating practical competencies while reaffirming their broader educational and civic missions.
UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation law dramatically downsizes the US federal government’s role in financing colleges and universities, and includes financial aid criteria changes, drastic reductions in access to federal student loans and healthcare programmes, and significant increases in the endowment tax for wealthier HE institutions.
NIGERIA
Hussain Wahab
Nigeria’s higher education sector has been undergoing a significant shift as the number of private universities continues to grow rapidly in response to rising demand. Higher education experts have been weighing up the advantages of the expansion against concerns over quality and funding.