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In this age where almost 130 million people are forcibly displaced, ensuring higher education reaches refugee communities is vital if we are serious about global development. That means working together to build flexible, accredited, employment-linked programmes that reflect the realities of displacement.
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The internationalisation industry in higher education may be worth up to US$1.5 trillion annually, but it faces a series of crises on many fronts. It can survive while demand remains, but it will have to adapt to new realities, quality and ethical concerns.
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PHOTO European universities face several challenges when it comes to funding. To ensure they are sustainable into the future, they need to work with their local communities and develop lifelong learning streams as well as other sources of revenue.
PHOTO Are on-campus lectures genuinely an effective teaching and learning methodology? In the post-pandemic higher education world amid hybrid approaches to teaching and learning, it is important that the focus is on quality education and meaningful interaction with students, backed by institutional support.
Many universities are struggling financially. Budget deficits are spiralling, triggering staff redundancy programmes, department shutdowns and the mothballing of degree programmes. Instead of resorting to traditional crisis management practices, universities should adopt a more flexible approach and embrace a trial-and-error mindset.
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PHOTO The university student population is diverse, and it is likely that a proportion have unpaid caring responsibilities, which can compromise academic performance, mental and physical health and engagement with the broader student experience. To create meaningful change, student carers must be involved in shaping the conversation about their support.
PHOTO These days we are in a world of hyperauthorship, with ever-growing lists of names on journal articles, but with early career researchers often not getting the credit they are due. A new system which categorises contributions makes the credit system more transparent.
Among the grave consequences of Israel’s current war on Gaza is the substantial increase in disabilities among the Gaza population, which will likely shape academic life at Gaza’s universities. In the reconstruction of Gaza’s higher education system, people with disabilities cannot be an afterthought.
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PHOTO An examination of how students who often fall outside the mainstream ‘Asian American’ narrative made sense of their identities during the rise of the #StopAsianHate movement revealed that the movement continued to reinforce a monolithic idea of what being Asian means.
PHOTO As Chinese students increasingly make return-on-investment calculations when choosing overseas education, the lack of clear post-study pathways in social science disciplines can diminish the appeal of UK degrees, posing risks to recruitment and to the equitable inclusion of this vital international student population.
In response to threats to academic freedom, and geopolitical tensions, the return of flying universities – institutions created to provide an alternative, independent educational space free from political reprisals – offers fertile ground to investigate models of institutional resistance and the role of academic solidarity.
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PHOTO With generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, the line between student work and machine-generated content has become blurred. It is no longer sufficient to look at the final product; we need to ask how the student got there.
PHOTO The use of artificial intelligence to assess higher education qualifications, the value of skills, automatic recognition, and the need for increased global cooperation are at the top of the 2025 recognition agenda and are shaping discussions and reflections at the international level.
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