{"id":397701,"date":"2026-08-27T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/397701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:19:37","slug":"global-edition-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/397701\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tMost university AI policies focus on misconduct and disclosure. For research, a new practical open-access framework built in Australia around judgement, validity, reproducibility and transparency can help universities achieve the more ambitious goal of excellent AI-enabled research through excellent research training.
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Antoine Casanova-Mazet<\/p>\n

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Antonia Eliene Duarte, Luiz Marivando Barros and Elizangila Beneval Bento<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera<\/p>\n

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Mohammad Ilyas and Amarendra Pani<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tUnder the second Trump administration, university autonomy is being sacrificed to authoritarian state power by means of aggressively extortionate deal-making, pre-emptive cutoffs of funding and enforcement efforts that are largely illegal, according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP.
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Nathan M Greenfield<\/p>\n

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Shuriah Niazi<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tIndian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after weeks of student protests in New Delhi demanding his resignation over the alleged leak of India\u2019s medical entrance examination paper. It is expected to increase pressure on the government to reform India\u2019s examination system.
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Brendan O\u2019Malley<\/p>\n

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Kalinga Seneviratne<\/p>\n

\t\t\tAt the University of the South Pacific students are being forced to skip meals or walk to university due to skyrocketing costs of living, and many others are limited to online learning due to the cost of accommodation, yet internet connections are not reliable.<\/p>\n

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ICELAND<\/p>\n

Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

\t\t\tStudents from outside the European Economic Area, or EEA, will be required to pay full tuition fees at public universities from 2027, bringing Iceland into line with other Nordic countries that already charge tuition fees for international students. A significant drop in applications is expected.<\/p>\n

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Desmond Thompson<\/p>\n

\t\t\tSouth Africa\u2019s leading student-success network, which has been described as a \u2018global leader\u2019, is laying the groundwork for a national partnership that would bring together the government, business, philanthropy, post-school education and training institutions and civil society into shared responsibility for student success.<\/p>\n

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Karen MacGregor<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tGenerative AI in higher education is now ubiquitous \u2013 but its use varies between countries, groups and purposes, and persistent concerns remain, says an OECD report. For universities urgently seeking workable models of AI good practice, the report offers myriad examples of responses from around the world.
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\n\t\t\t\tThe narrative of the \u2018left-wing\u2019 and \u2018woke\u2019 university is widespread in the media in the United Kingdom, but what is the evidence to support it? Analysis of newspaper articles about students shows much of the basis for this narrative relies on anecdotal and partial substantiation.
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\n\t\t\t\tIn today\u2019s world, universities have a global social responsibility to help create dynamic and sustainable communities based on equalities in wealth, gender and cultural background. International higher education has been critiqued for being too neoliberal. Now is the time for it to change.
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Maina Waruru<\/p>\n

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Eve Ruwoko<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAfrica must move beyond producing knowledge to implementing solutions that tackle the continent\u2019s sustainability challenges while positioning emerging researchers to lead a new era of African-driven research, delegates heard at the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2026, or SRI2026, Africa Regional Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Clemence Manyukwe<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tScientific excellence is determined by curiosity, perseverance, integrity, collaboration and commitment \u2013 not by geography, nor nationality, nor country of origin, says Dr Olivier Uwishema. The Rwandan researcher recently received the 2026 H Richard Tyler Award from the American Academy of Neurology.
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Shadi Khan Saif<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tAustralia\u2019s decision to triple the cost of its international student visa fee to help limit migration has triggered concern across the higher education sector, with universities and analysts warning the move could weaken the country\u2019s appeal in an increasingly competitive global student market.
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Waseem Hassan and Fred Paas<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tInternational collaboration has many benefits in a world where we face a raft of global challenges. But do current global university rankings adequately distinguish between international scientific collaboration and scientific dependence, given they are one of the most influential measures of institutional performance?<\/p>\n

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PALESTINE<\/p>\n

Tarek Abd Elgalil<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tGaza\u2019s women academics navigate the \u2018double burden\u2019 of war, displacement and their fight to keep education alive amid systematic destruction. Their stories of transforming education into an act of hope and resilience took centre stage at the Gender, Work and Organization Conference in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

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Abebaw Yirga Adamu<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tHigher education systems are strongest when governments define public expectations, quality assurance agencies evaluate educational quality and universities exercise professional judgment in designing curricula. Preserving this balance enables institutions to innovate while remaining accountable for the outcomes they achieve.<\/p>\n

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Imraan Valodia<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThree assumptions in Fossil Free South Africa\u2019s report, Carbon Captured? A preliminary review of fossil fuel industry influence and greenwashing on SA campuses, deserve much closer scrutiny: the purpose of the university, the meaning of academic freedom and the nature of the climate transition itself.<\/p>\n

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