4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (684+ words) The Welsh government is “still discussing” whether it wishes to keep some aspects of its bespoke international exchange scheme, put in place when the UK left the European Union. Despite concerns that the Cardiff government has been winding down Taith…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (567+ words) In 2023, the African and the European Unions agreed to put research and innovation at the centre of their quest for a new, strategic partnership. The Innovation Agenda influenced, and in turn reinforced, a wider momentum towards research equity between Africa…...

6+ day, 15+ min ago   (523+ words) Ad Insertion platform Sarl THUNDER MONETIZATION PTE. LTD. The president of Universities UK has defended his decision to speak on a panel at Reform UK’s annual conference after the move was branded “dangerous” by the sector’s biggest union. Malcolm Press…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (696+ words) A controversial online discussion board used by PhD students and academics in the economics field is back online after an unexplained three-week hiatus prompted speculation that it had shut for good. Economics Job Market Rumors (EJMR), where anonymous users gossip…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (360+ words) The recent decision by the Dhaka University Syndicate, the university’s highest decision-making body, to formally investigate 231 faculty members accused of alignment with the deposed Awami League (AL) regime exposes a deeply entrenched, recurring crisis in Bangladesh’s higher education system. Banning…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (845+ words) Thousands of Iranian students have lost access to the language testing services they need to secure places to study at foreign universities after Tehran was hit with a fresh wave of US sanctions. The US Office of Foreign Assets Control…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (888+ words) As the “big four” anglophone study destinations, the US, UK, Canada and Australia, all crack down on international students, it is striking that many of their main source markets in Asia are aiming not only to retain more of their…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (608+ words) An anti-war charity helping Russians flee the military says the number of former students seeking its help has surged over the past six months, from just a few cases to as many as 50 a month. But Sverdlin said students should…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) Academia rewards individual judgement, originality and critique. This can make the transition from individual to collaborative work tricky but it doesn’t mean academics are ill-equipped to navigate it. In fact, skills developed in this environment can improve collaborations and potentially…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (920+ words) 2016 was a year of political upheaval: the UK voted to leave the European Union, Donald Trump defeated Hilary Clinton in his first presidential run, and Brazil and South Korea impeached their leaders. Against this backdrop, the Schwarzman Scholars initiative was…...