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16/11/2022

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So many students every year go abroad to execute their summer internship as part of their studies or just to improve their cv. Many of them want to find a nice

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14/04/2021

Germany’s federal government has confirmed that the coronavirus crisis has had a considerable impact on academic mobility. Responding to a demand for infor

14/04/2021

Peter Armstrong, 81, has been critical of management’s financial competence and ‘bullying’ tactics Staff at the university are holding a

23/02/2021

The European Commission says it can exclude Chinese participation in Horizon Europe and other sensitive research projects using new powers to exclude third countries that do not share ‘EU values’.

Maria Cristina Russo, director for international cooperation in research and innovation at the European Commission in Brussels, said the principles of science and research cooperation were being

The European Commission says it can exclude Chinese participation in Horizon Europe and other sensitive research projects using new powers to exclude third coun

22/02/2021

An inquiry into foreign interference in Australia’s higher education sector, which relies heavily on exchanges with China, will report its findings in July
Universities Australia and academics have cautioned against overreach, warning that driving political agendas could result in an ‘own goal’

Parliament House in Canberra.

An inquiry into foreign interference in Australia’s higher education sector, which relies heavily on exchanges with China, will report its findings in July

22/02/2021

‘China’ has become the elephant in the room that we, in the field of international higher education, can no longer ignore. What exactly this elephant looks like is still in dispute between those who prefer to ‘engage’ with the rising superpower in the East and those who propose to ‘contain’ an emerging adversary that challenges established Western norms.

‘China’ has become the elephant in the room that we, in the field of international higher education, can no longer ignore. What exactly this elephant looks

21/02/2021

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California at 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST).

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million

21/02/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that no education system is resilient to crisis.

And even if the digital revolution has transformed the higher education system more profoundly than anything else in the past decades, the pandemic has been no less hard-hitting. Its economic impact alone could force up to seven million students to drop out. International students have been stranded.

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that no education system is resilient to crisis. And even if the digital revolution has transformed the higher educati

05/02/2021

Over the past two decades, much of the global conversation about universities, and education more broadly, has revolved around ‘21st century skills’. Enabling students to harness the potential of communication technology, critical thinking, improving media literacy or effective teamwork has been among the mantras dominating the higher education landscape since the turn of the millennium.

Over the past two decades, much of the global conversation about universities, and education more broadly, has revolved around ‘21st century skills’. Enabli

01/02/2021

Wei Liu Lecturer at university of Alberta writes- My son’s Canadian orthodontist has a good sense of humour. Once he cracked a joke about his own profession: “My job is to straighten teeth for kids from rich families.”

Growing up in a remote rural area in northern China, my family could not afford orthodontic treatment for me and so I still have crowded teeth on my lower jaw.

My son’s Canadian orthodontist has a good sense of humour. Once he cracked a joke about his own profession: “My job is to straighten teeth for kids from ric

01/02/2021

Wide-scale investment in upskilling has the potential to boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by US$6.5 trillion by 2030 and lead to the creation of 5.3 million net new jobs globally by 2030, according to a new report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 21 January.

Upskilling for Shared Prosperity, prepared in collaboration with PwC, is a call to action.

Wide-scale investment in upskilling has the potential to boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by US$6.5 trillion by 2030 and lead to the creation of 5.3 mi

26/01/2021

A profound change is taking place in our understanding of the mission of higher education. Increasingly, we have realised that academic freedom must be accompan

26/01/2021

Students have been told they can't leave Cambridge this month People wearing masks walk through Cambridge city centre on Wednesday ahead of the second

26/01/2021

United Kingdom universities talk a good talk when it comes to higher education internationalisation, but an independent expert who is analysing the strategic pl

26/01/2021

With French universities in limbo amid the latest resurgence in Covid-19 infections, alarm bells are ringing over the psychological and academic consequences of

16/01/2021

Kahlil Kuykendall has worked through Crittenton Services of Greater Washington this year to help keep low-income students academically focused.
Graeme Sloan for Education Week

This time last year, Kahlil Kuykendall, a youth development consultant for an organization supporting teenage girls, would spend school lunches bonding with students in three Washington, D.C., middle schools.

Kahlil Kuykendall has worked through Crittenton Services of Greater Washington this year to help keep low-income students academically focused. Graeme Sloan fo

16/01/2021

Rick Hess
Opinion Contributor
Rick Hess is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of the think tank’s Education Policy Studies. He runs the Education Week Rick Hess Straight Up opinion blog.

This month, I published the 11th annual RHSU EduScholar Rankings, a snapshot of the researchers who most impacted education policy and practice in 2020.

Rick Hess Opinion Contributor Rick Hess is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of the think tank’s Education Policy Stu

15/01/2021

he Academy of Finland has granted 9.1 million euros of funding to the University of Eastern Finland to strengthen the university’s research profile. This was already the sixth time the Academy of Finland granted funding to Finnish universities to strengthen their research profiles, with the overall funding in this call amounting to 100 million euros.

he Academy of Finland has granted 9.1 million euros of funding to the University of Eastern Finland to strengthen the university’s research profile. This was

15/01/2021

Excited South Australian students will watch their futures unfold today as thousands of university offers arrive in email inboxes across the state.

A total of 15,755 offers are being made today to students seeking higher education at one of the state’s prestigious universities.

Excited South Australian students will watch their futures unfold today as thousands of university offers arrive in email inboxes across the state. A t

15/01/2021

Amazon has removed hundreds of Durham University students' theses after they were listed for sale without the authors' knowledge.

A third-party seller put them on the platform's website to download as e-books despite being free to access.

Former geography student Sarah Hughes said she only discovered through social media that her PhD thesis had been offered for sale for about £7.

Amazon has removed hundreds of Durham University students' theses after they were listed for sale without the authors' knowledge. A third-party s