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AUSTRALIA Legislation strengthens accountability for student support Shadi Khan Saif Back to the top Top Stories GLOBAL How universities can survive the ‘Great Policy Backlash’ ‘Global universities must be agile, adaptable to change’ Nic Mitchell Universities need to be agile and adaptable if they want to survive the ‘Great Policy Backlash’ that has seen governments switch from strategies to grow international student numbers to slamming on brakes in a panicked response to rising anti-immigration sentiment, say higher education experts. HONG KONG Political science: An ‘endangered species’ in Hong Kong Yojana Sharma NETHERLANDS Research universities attain gender parity in top leadership Liz Newmark SAUDI ARABIA-GLOBAL Five foreign universities get go-ahead to open branch campuses Wagdy Sawahel Back to the top News SWEDEN Government gives surprise lift to research investment Jan Petter Myklebust The Swedish government’s announcement that it is to increase the budget allocation for research and development by SEK6.5 billion (US$634 million) was largely unexpected but has nonetheless been welcomed by an academic community keen to make up lost ground after years of declining expenditure. CHINA-AFRICA China-Africa forum sees greater focus on HE project detail Amber Wang and Clemence Manyukwe INDIA-UAE A second IIT branch opens overseas, this time in Abu Dhabi Shuriah Niazi UNITED KINGDOM Fresh ideas on fees and funding anticipated in HE blueprint Nic Mitchell NIGERIA Flood displaces 200,000, halts academic work at universities Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi INDONESIA Student pressure helps to thwart political ‘manoeuvring’ Kafil Yamin Academic communities in Indonesia are proving to be effective in influencing government policies and thwarting ‘manoeuvrings’ by political groups, according to commentators, after student-led protests produced a climbdown by the government over attempts to change election-related rules ahead of November’s regional elections. SRI LANKA Presidential hopefuls promise HE reforms, branch campuses Dinesh De Alwis Several leading candidates in Sri Lanka’s upcoming presidential elections emphasise education reform in their election manifestos, with a focus on establishing foreign branch campuses – a notable shift in policy among some parties that have previously opposed the introduction of private universities in the country. BRAZIL-AFRICA ‘Undeclared’ racism still part of academia, says professor Francis Kokutse Though Brazil continues to provide scholarships for African students to study in that country, academics from the Afro-Brazilian community live with subtle societal racism that is not spoken about, Kabengele Munanga, a professor at the University of São Paulo, has told University World News. DENMARK Will the new Africa strategy mean more overseas students? Jan Petter Myklebust Back to the top Commentary UNITED STATES Project 2025 poses a threat to US global leadership in HE James Yoonil Auh If implemented, Project 2025 may result in an erosion of diversity in thought and research that could stifle the innovation that has been the hallmark of higher education in the United States, leaving institutions less capable of addressing global challenges and damaging the US’s global standing. EUROPE Universities need a new generation of visionary leaders Thomas Estermann and Maria Blanco UNITED STATES-GLOBAL What global outliers can teach us about internationalisation Jenny J Lee and Giorgio Marinoni INDIA India’s ranking framework is at odds with national policy Chetan Singai and TR Kumaraswamy Back to the top World Blog LEBANON Revitalising higher education requires a concerted effort Bassem Kaissi Lebanon’s ability to maintain its competitive edge in human capital development in the region depends on a restructured higher education sector that is aligned with local requirements and emerging international higher education trends. This revitalisation process requires cooperation among all relevant stakeholders. Back to the top Features GLOBAL Pope’s letter offers surprise ode to humanities in education Nathan M Greenfield The publication of a letter from the Pope on the value of literature as part of one’s path to ‘personal maturity’ has been welcomed by some academics as an unexpected invitation to reflect on the importance of literature and humanities in education. Back to the top SDGs GLOBAL The environmental emergency is real. HE is our best hope Marcelo Knobel and Néri de Barros Almeida Higher education institutions are strategic focal points for tackling the environmental emergency we are experiencing. The question is when institutions will react and whether they will do so in time to take advantage of the window of opportunity that is beginning to close. AFRICA Africa needs better climate research, says prime minister Elias Ngalame SUDAN Can a quality assurance cohort analysis system help Sudan? Mustafa Shazali Mustafa Ahmed ASIA Can we really achieve the SDGs without teaching ‘compassion’? Kalinga Seneviratne SOUTH AFRICA Storytelling can drive decolonisation at universities Nuraan Davids IRELAND Trinity defends sponsorship of new chair of climate change John Walshe Back to the top Top Stories from Last Week GLOBAL New partnership promotes HE’s contribution towards SDGs Miriam Balanescu Recognition of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, as the ‘best hope we have’ to achieve positive change, and the role of universities in leading such change, has inspired a new partnership between the University World News SDGs Hub and the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, or HETL. ETHIOPIA Paying for excellence: Salaries impact education quality Abebaw Yirga Adamu UNITED KINGDOM Report calls for end to ‘world-class university’ model Nic Mitchell JAPAN-MALAYSIA Japan opens its first overseas branch campus – in Malaysia Suvendrini Kakuchi GLOBAL Innovative universities deserve both attention and support Isak Frumin and Dara Melnyk Despite being rare, innovative universities do appear and, if successful, can challenge the way other universities think about teaching, research, knowledge transfer or governance. We have a plan to showcase those institutions that think more boldly, more creatively, or just differently from others. AFRICA How Africa can help to tackle global bibliometric coloniality Wagdy Sawahel Since the scholarly platforms and academic research from the African continent and much of the Global South are largely invisible on the global stage, measures for dismantling bibliometric coloniality and promoting African knowledge platforms must be explored, including the creation of an African scholarly index and African bibliometric platform. UNITED STATES Higher education needs to monitor these four undercurrents Marguerite J Dennis While they may not be fully apparent in the present moment, there are several undercurrents of trends in higher education that are likely to affect the direction of the sector in the years to come. Here, four of them are outlined. GLOBAL Global student recruitment: Don’t expect any sudden shifts Hans de Wit Countries in Asia and other regions are gradually shifting towards welcoming international students. 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