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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 2h

University of Hong Kong is making plans to set up a branch campus - its first outside HK/China - planned for #Barcelona, @yojanasharma.bsky.social reports
#branchcampus #HongKong
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University of Hong Kong to set up branch campus in Europe

One of Asia’s top-ranked institutions, the University of Hong Kong, is expanding into Europe with a new branch campus in Barcelona, according to rec...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 8h

Missed some of our recent #highered coverage from our correspondents and commentators around #Asia ? Catch up with our Asia Hub link
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Lonni Besançon @lonnibesancon.bsky.social · 1d

Our recent panel in Science integrity at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum was covered in this article on
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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 2d

International interest in studying for a masters degree in the US has fallen by 61% since 6 January, Nathan Greenfield reports
#Studyportals #studyabroad #internationalstudents
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International interest in US masters degrees falls by 61%

The US is experiencing its lowest level of international student interest in studying for a masters degree in over five years owing to regulatory and ...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 2d

#Argentina's public university system is at breaking point. What is being destroyed in a few years took decades to build. Reconstructing it will take much longer – if it ever happens, writes Mónica Marquina @Conicet
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What role will knowledge play in the future of Argentina?

Defending public universities in Argentina – now at breaking point – is not a nostalgic act but a political choice about the country’s future. T...

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IOP Publishing @ioppublishing.bsky.social · 2d

🔍What if we all used our skills to call out fraud in academia?

Here’s a compelling argument in @uniworldnews.bsky.social: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

We share the responsibility to safeguard integrity of the scholarly record.
#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchEthics #ScholarlyPublishing

All academics should be scientific sleuths, says scholar

Exposing academic fraud should be part and parcel of an academic’s job, not an after-hours hobby, and universities should give staff support to stre...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 5d

#Afghanistan's two day Internet blackout this week alarmed students & sparked fears of full blackout, Manija Mirzaie reports
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#afghanistanoffline

Internet cut alarms students, sparks fears of full blackout

Afghanistan appeared to be edging towards a total digital blackout as the Taliban cut internet access for two days in a move that disrupted services a...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

A US district court judge delivered a blistering critique of government efforts to deport #internationalstudents lawfully living in the US who had protested in support of #Palestine, Nathan Greenfield reports
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Court rules against Trump’s student deportation efforts

A district court judge delivered a blistering critique of the government’s efforts to deport international students lawfully living in the US who ha...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

A new #ranking of South Korean universities which focuses on internationalisation indicators is intended for #internationalstudents looking to study in #Korea, Yumi Jeung reports from Seoul
#intled
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First Korean rankings reflect trend towards globalised HE

A new university ranking in South Korea – its first ever national rankings – is heavily weighted towards internationalisation and aims to provide ...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

Post #CharlieKirk, support for violence against campus speakers has risen among students, with major implications for #academicfreedom. So how to protect free speech? Nathan Greenfield reports
@thefireorg.bsky.social #IACLEA
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Defence of free speech on campuses is anything but free

A survey of students in the United States released shortly after Charlie Kirk’s assassination shows that acceptance of violence in response to speec...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

#Highered leaders lose their fight to prevent a new levy on universities in England for recruiting #internationalstudents – with the funds earmarked for new maintenance grants for disadvantaged domestic students, Nic Mitchell reports
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English universities lose international student levy fight

Higher education leaders appear to have lost their fight to prevent a new levy being charged on English universities recruiting international students...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

South Korean #medicalstudents ended their 18 month strike on 1 September but they paid a high price as resuming #medicaleducation faces major challenges, write Anna de Beer @QMULBartsTheLon & Frederike Jenne @uni_regensburg
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Striking medical students paid a high price. For what?

The 18-month dispute over expansion of medical school enrolment in South Korea has ended without a durable resolution. The government failed to secure...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 6d

Many Indonesians graduate with #STEM degrees confident of meaningful employment, yet find their hopes dashed. They require what researchers call ‘employability capital' wites Ali Yasfi @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#Indonesia #skills #employability
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Technical training is one piece of the employability puzzle

The underemployment of STEM graduates in Indonesia highlights the need not only for technical training, but individual agentic capital – the capacit...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 7d

Attacks on institutional autonomy in authoritarian states is combined with “historic levels” of pressure on #academicfreedom in liberal democracies, mainly the US, says @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social 's #FreetoThink2025 report, Nathan Greenfield reports
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Report tracks US role in global squeeze on academic freedom

The latest Scholars at Risk academic freedom report details how pressure on institutional autonomy and academic freedom in authoritarian states has co...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 7d

Put off by rising costs at Western universities, a depreciating yen and difficulty obtaining #studentvisas for US #studyabroad, Japanese students are shifting to universities in #Asia, Suvendrini Kakuchi reports from Tokyo
#Japan #internationalstudents
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Put off by cost, visa issues, students eye Asia over the West

Many more Japanese students who plan to study abroad are regarding universities in Asia as more affordable options than Western study destinations ami...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 8d

Just dropped 🌍 Changemakers II!
This special report dives into how IHE Delft is making a global impact through water education & sustainability.

Take a look 👉

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#ChangemakersII #Sustainability #SDGs #HigherEd

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 12d

#h1bvisa chaos sends #internationalstudents in India & China into panic, while academic pathways are at risk with many US universities using the visa to fill academic posts, @shuriahn.bsky.social, Amber Wang & @yojanasharma.bsky.social report
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H1-B visa chaos sends international students into panic

The US administration’s decision to hike the H-1B skilled worker visa fee to US$100,000 has sent shockwaves through the US technology and higher...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

Academics at US universities with branch campuses in China report nervousness & fear of possible closures amid heightened congressional scrutiny @yojanasharma.bsky.social reports
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Fears grow over US scrutiny of Chinese university outposts

Academics at US universities with branch campuses in China that operate jointly with Chinese university partners are reporting nervousness among colle...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

#h1bvisa $100,000 price tag sends shockwaves through #highereducation & #Tech sectors, report @shuriahn.bsky.social in India, Amber Wang in China & @yojanasharma.bsky.social
@politicsanded.bsky.social @kevinkinser.bsky.social
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H1-B visa chaos sends international students into panic

The US administration’s decision to hike the H-1B skilled worker visa fee to US$100,000 has sent shockwaves through the US technology and higher...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

#highereducation, long-perceived as a liberal bastion, is being blamed by the right wing for #charlieKirks death raising the political stakes for HE, Nathan Greenfield reports
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Kirk assassination raises the political stakes for HE

Comments by United States President Donald Trump and his supporters at the memorial service of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk confirmed the worst fe...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

A surge in #internationalstudents this year, particularly from India and #Nepal, helped fuel anti-Indian sentiment in large anti-immigration rallies across Australia, Kalinga Seneviratne reports
#Auspol #Indianstudents #immigration
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Is a ‘broken’ visa system fuelling anti-Indian sentiment?

A reported surge in this year’s enrolment of overseas students, particularly from India and Nepal, helped to fuel anti-Indian sentiment in anti-immi...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

Australian universities call for funding policy overhaul as hundreds of courses in teaching, #languages, media, #archaeology, and #humanities are being eliminated,
Shadi Khan Saif reports from Melbourne
#Auspol #Go8
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Universities call for funding policy overhaul as cuts bite

Peak university bodies in Australia are calling for a major restructuring of the country’s higher education funding model as the sector attempts to ...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

Rather than pulling back from cross-border collaboration, Beijing is extended it, approving 16 new joint institutions and 30 joint programmes with overseas institutions this month. But it is on its own terms, writes Futao Huang
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China is committed to global engagement. On its own terms

The recent approval by China’s Ministry of Education of 16 new joint institutions and 30 joint programmes with overseas institutions at undergraduat...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 13d

A #Palestine study centre was launched at Universitas Indonesia amid row over #freedomofexpression and academic neutrality after the university invited a pro-Israel activist academic, Kafil Yamin reports from Jakarta
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Palestine unit launch raises doubts over university motives

A Palestine research and study centre has been launched at the University of Indonesia amid a row over freedom of expression and academic neutrality a...

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University World News @uniworldnews.bsky.social · 15d

AI meets tradition: #HongKong is ramping up #research into Chinese medicine, with universities analysing centuries of treatments to modernise their scientific credibility. #AIandHE #HigherEd- @yojanasharma.bsky.social reports
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Universities harness AI to ‘modernise’ traditional medicine

Hong Kong is boosting research into traditional Chinese medicine as part of China’s bid to upgrade the scientific basis of ancient remedies, with un...

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