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Academics reject #Iran state broadcaster's accusation of "soft subversion" against Netherlands-based online university Iran Academia, saying it is attempting to intimidate students & scholars, writes Roohola Ramezani
#onlinelearning #iranacademia
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Iran’s academic freedom battles are now moving online
The Iranian government’s recent accusations of ‘soft subversion’ against Iran Academia, an online Persian-language educational platform operatin...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Australia's 3rd ministerial directive on #intled since Dec 2023, requires universities to comply with National Planning caps on #internationalstudents based on institutions' risk levels, which will distort #studentvisa outcomes, Australian academics write
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Government policy has put universities into survival mode
For students making life-changing decisions about studying abroad, perception matters. And right now, Australia risks looking less welcoming and less ...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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For Afghan women, Pakistan offers one of the last remaining pathways to #highered. Now, that education corridor is collapsing under an aggressive drive by #Pakistan to repatriate Afghan citizens, Manija Mirzaie reports
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Pakistan deportation drive disrupts HE corridor for Afghans
Pakistan has long been an educational lifeline for young Afghans seeking higher education. More recently, it has represented one of the few pathways f...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Diplomatic tensions prompted both China and Japan to issue warnings to their students, and have a spillover effect on Japanese universities that host Chinese students, Suvendrini Kakuchi reports from Tokyo
#internationalstudents
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Amid China-Japan diplomacy spat, a warning for students
Ongoing diplomatic tensions between Tokyo and Beijing over Japan’s comments on Taiwan earlier this month have prompted both China and Japan to issue...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Spacepower is becoming a defining force in global politics. Countries that see space as both a tech and strategic domain – and equip their universities accordingly – are likely to lead- writes John B Sheldon #SpacePolicy #GlobalHE #SpaceSecurity
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Universities are the intellectual engines of spacepower
Spacepower – the ability to exert influence in, to and from space – is emerging as a defining force in global politics. The countries that will th...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Nations are pouring investment into #space science – and universities are at the heart of it.
Our special report explores how HE is shaping technological capability, innovation & global competitiveness in the Space sector.
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#SpaceResearch #GlobalHE #SciPolicy
Space and Higher Education I Special Report
The Global Window on Higher Education
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November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Deep uncertainty over where the axe will fall on the #NASA budget and its possible global impact discussed by #astronomers at #HKLF meeting in #HongKong - can #ESA or #China take the lead? @yojanasharma.bsky.social reports from Hong Kong
#Space #Astronomy
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Who will take the lead in space research as NASA cuts bite?
Proposed cuts to the NASA budget, which threaten US university-based space research programmes as well as joint space missions, have left internationa...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Do the sustainability rankings of QS include any assessment on academic freedom you wonder?

Ofc they don’t cause Chinese universities a.o. would not fare that well if they would.

Such rankings cannot be taken seriously as long as they exclude data on academic freedom.
As we’ve argued here:
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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As funding and collaboration are cut in different regions, International Science Council urges rethink of how #climatescience is resourced, carried out, and tied to policy - with implications for global #science itself- Karen MacGregor reports #Highered
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Global call to protect climate science and collaboration
Faced by devastating cuts to research funding and collaboration in several regions, the world needs to rethink how climate science is resourced, condu...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Singapore is investing millions in climate #research focused on the tropics - a long-neglected area - to meet the region’s rising need for strong climate adaptation strategies- Kalinga Seneviratne reports #ClimateScience #GlobalHE #Adaptation
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Climate science in Singapore focuses on tropical priorities
The small but densely populated island nation of Singapore is spending millions of dollars in climate-related research focused on the tropics, a hithe...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Sweden’s Lund University leads the 2026 #QS #Sustainability ranking, as Asia continues to rise, the UK posts the strongest overall showing, and US institutions record relative declines. #HigherEd #HETrends
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Lund University crowned world’s best for sustainability
Lund University in Sweden has seized top spot in the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: Sustainability. The results reflect ongoing ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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The belief that cross-border learning, open knowledge flows & cooperation could tackle global challenges long underpinned internationalisation. That belief is now under strain. #HigherEd #GlobalTrends- write Julio Labraña & Paulina Latorre
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Internationalisation is a form of learning, not a metric
In the past, internationalisation of higher education rested on the conviction that knowledge should circulate freely, that learning across borders wo...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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#STINT in #Sweden released tools for universities to evaluate risks & benefits of international collaboration in #highered and #research. #GlobalScience #Policy- Jan Petter Myklebust reports
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STINT tools help gauge risk and gains in HE collaboration
A new report by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, or STINT, offers ‘exploratory tools’ to gau...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Texas A&M’s limits on teaching race or gender revive an older moral framework, preparing students for a world that’s fading. History suggests narrowing knowledge doesn’t bring stability - it creates brittleness- writes James Yoonil Auh #HigherEd
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When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Over 80 universities from 25 Euro-Mediterranean countries are boosting their role in climate action through a new Euromed University Initiative launched at COP30 in Belém.- Eve Ruwoko reports #ClimateAction #GlobalHE #COP30
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HE, students pivotal in the climate change battle – COP30
Across Africa, universities, research institutions and youth-led movements are set to build on key outcomes of COP30, which ended on 21 November, to d...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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#NAFSA’s Fall 2025 snapshot shows new #internationalstudent numbers in the US fell 17%, with student spending down US$1.1bn. A significant shift for institutions and local economies.- Nathan Greenfield reports
reports #IntlStudents #GlobalHE #HEPolicy
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International student enrolment in US down 17% in 2025
The number of new international students coming to United States higher education institutions fell by 17% in 2025, and international student spending...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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In an interesting column for @uniworldnews.bsky.social, Professor James Yoonil Auh at Kyung Hee Cyber University in Seoul, sees three possible futures for the #university:
(a) an obedient university
(b) a divided university
(c) a resistant university
Let us hope, against all hope, that it will be C!
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Universities face profound turbulence by 2050 but have the potential to drive a more cooperative global future. What will shape the next generation of world-class institutions?- write Futao Huang, Niancai Liu & Simon Marginson in our lead story this week
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These are the forces that will shape universities in 2050
A closed-door seminar which analysed the forces that will shape world-class universities in the 2050s ended with a shared conviction that, although un...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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#Nepal stopped issuing NOCs for students heading to non-accredited institutions in #UAE after complaints colleges deceived hundreds of Nepali students, Binod Ghimire reports from Kathmandu
#IntlStudents #HEPolicy #GlobalHE #internationalstudents
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Government acts on bogus UAE colleges after complaints
The Nepal government has stopped issuing ‘no objection certificates’ to students departing for academic institutions in the United Arab Emirates t...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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A new #astronomy & #astrophysics institute, led by a China-born astronomer returning from the US, strengthens Hong Kong’s role as China expands its space science ambitions.-
@yojanasharma.bsky.social reports from Hong Kong
#GlobalHE #SpaceScience
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Hong Kong reaches for the stars in new astronomy drive
A new astronomy and astrophysics institute led by a China-born astronomer recently returned from the United States, bolsters Hong Kong’s position as...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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#NVIDIA’s pledge of 260,000 #GPUs to South Korea is more than hardware. It tests whether countries can educate and govern fast enough for #AI - and whether universities can turn computing power into knowledge- writes James Yoonil Auh #AIandHE #HigherEd
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South Korea’s GPU revolution: Can nations learn fast enough?
NVIDIA’s pledge of 260,000 graphic processing units, or GPUs, to South Korea is more than a hardware deal – it’s a test of whether nations can e...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Some students at South Korea’s experimental Taejae University – modelled on #Minerva – are withdrawing, arguing it isn’t delivering the promised innovative learning experience, Yumi Jeung reports from Seoul #HigherEd #Innovation #GlobalHE
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Students say university falls short of innovation promises
Some students of the experimental Taejae University, set up as a Korean version of the groundbreaking US-based Minerva University, are withdrawing fro...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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A Swedish analysis shows a sharp rise in China’s share of high-impact #research in #mathematics, #computing and #engineering in the past decade - A notable shift in global #science leadership.- Jan Petter Myklebust reports #GlobalHE #ResearchImpact #STEM
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STINT analysis shows China tops US for research strength
Using metrics that isolate research impact alone – a dimension that mainstream rankings tend to obscure – Swedish analysis shows a huge shift towa...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Australia and New Zealand universities struck a landmark licensing deal with Taylor & Francis, but talks with #Elsevier are on hold as they try to cut journal access costs.- John Gerritsen reports from Wellington #OpenAccess #GlobalHE #publishing
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Universities secure deal with major research publisher
Universities in Australia and New Zealand have secured a landmark new licensing deal with major research publisher Taylor & Francis under a new ne...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Our upcoming report on #Sustainability and Greening in European Higher Education, which will be released soon, shows that since 2021, higher education engagement for sustainability and greening has been increasing. Read more in this @uniworldnews.bsky.social article https://bit.ly/4i9E8z0
Climate action: Universities thrive as transformative hubs
The academic investment in sustainability that goes behind simple campus greening is increasing, with higher education institutions becoming transform...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM