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Nic Mitchell<\/p>\n


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Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

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Nathan M Greenfield<\/p>\n

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Karen MacGregor<\/p>\n

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FINLAND<\/p>\n

Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

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LERU warns of raid to pay for defence-related technologies<\/p>\n

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Nic Mitchell<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tA leader of a key European university research stakeholder group has sounded the alarm at plans by the European Commission to abandon the exclusive civilian focus of the Horizon Europe framework programme for research and innovation to include defence and dual-use activities. \n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

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Amber Wang<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tChina\u2019s annual catalogue of approved undergraduate majors in universities and colleges, routinely updated last week by the Ministry of Education, for the first time included programmes fast-tracked for approval amid new economic stresses unleashed by United States President Donald Trump\u2019s trade and tariff policies. \n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

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Wasinee Pabuprapap<\/p>\n

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Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

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Andreia Nogueira<\/p>\n

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Jan Petter Myklebust<\/p>\n

\t\t\tAcademics in Sweden have welcomed a government investigation aimed at strengthening academic freedom but argue the probe fails to take account of threats to academic freedom from the political establishment itself \u2013 threats that call for academic freedom to be enshrined in the constitution.<\/p>\n

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Nathan M Greenfield<\/p>\n

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Nic Mitchell<\/p>\n

\t\t\tAmid ongoing talks of a youth mobility deal with the European Union, a new report highlights the sharp fall in UK students going abroad for study or work placements post-Brexit and after the pandemic \u2013 but shows progress in widening participation among less advantaged student groups.<\/p>\n

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Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi<\/p>\n

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Nathan M Greenfield<\/p>\n

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Patrick Blessinger, Abhilasha Singh and James Brown<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tWe have to embrace the new concepts represented by AI-powered teaching and learning while remaining committed to those core values that make education the driving engine of progress: advancing inquiry, expanding knowledge, fostering creativity and enhancing the quality of life for all. \n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

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Anan Chen<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\tSino-UK joint universities claim to provide students with invaluable intercultural skills that boost their employability, but research suggests that students in some joint programmes do not make lasting connections with international students, thus missing the opportunity to develop solid cross-cultural communication skills. \n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tAfrican universities are caught in a colonial and neoliberal trap that they must escape in order to provide \u201cauthentic learning\u201d \u2013 even though this will likely take decades, says Fikile Vilakazi, the director of the gender equity unit at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. \n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n

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Wagdy Sawahel<\/p>\n


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Hashem Alshurafat, Waed Ensour, Hadeel Al Maaitah and Radwan Kharabsheh<\/p>\n


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Kafil Yamin<\/p>\n

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