Global Edition

Yumi Jeung

South Korea’s Nationwide Meeting has handed laws to allow the obligatory closure of struggling personal universities which have confronted monetary difficulties for years, partly because of the nation’s declining inhabitants. Nevertheless, it controversially has provided a dissolution settlement payment of as much as 15%.

In 2023 US$208 million flowed abroad through UK

Andrew Wigley

At a time of rising populism and anti-immigration sentiment, an evaluation of United Kingdom-based charitable trusts reveals that alumni are persevering with to present – and are giving extra – to their alma maters in recognition of the influence increased training has had on them.

Nathan M Greenfield

Citing ‘nationwide curiosity’, america introduced on 22 July that it could be withdrawing from the United Nations Instructional, Scientific and Cultural Group. UNESCO is the third multilateral organisation President Donald J Trump has withdrawn from since returning to the Oval Workplace.

The United Nations Excessive-Degree Political Discussion board on sustainable growth, or HLPF2025, was held in New York from 14 to 23 July. College World Information explores the rising roles of universities and analysis in advancing international sustainability and the Sustainable Improvement Objectives, as debated on the discussion board, which targeted on advancing science- and evidence-based sustainability options.

James Yoonil Auh

Synthetic intelligence can serve not as a menace however as a co-intellectual associate in reimagining college constructions, pedagogy and public goal. Given accelerating shifts in local weather, expertise and democratic establishments, what should increased training confront, and what would possibly it change into sooner or later?

Dara Melnyk

MEF College in Türkiye is an instance of innovation in motion, responding to fashionable increased training challenges by closing the hole between ever-evolving business wants and graduates’ ability units by utilizing flipped studying and AI to adapt to a fast-changing world that offers college students guided management.

Sjur Bergan

A brand new ebook goals to stimulate debate on the democratic mission of upper training in Latin America and the Caribbean, discussing the historical past of world increased training cooperation on concepts of democracy, in addition to working with native communities and growing inclusive, democratic values.

Nic Mitchell

Universities are in peril of changing into a footnote in a deliberate abilities revolution if the UK authorities presses forward with equating abilities with the additional training sector and axes masters-level diploma apprenticeships because it shifts funding to lower-level {qualifications} for 16- to 21-year-olds.

Brent Ramdin

Amid ongoing cutbacks in increased training budgets all over the world, defending the established order is just not the reply. Universities should cease treating income like a grimy phrase and begin to deal with clarifying their sustainability mission and responding pragmatically to fashionable financial calls for.

Nermeen Mustafa

In an age the place the calls for of the office evolve quicker than conventional curricula can adapt to, universities are rethinking one in all their most basic parts: evaluation. This requires a mindset shift the place employers are considered as collaborators within the instructing and studying course of.

Shuriah Niazi

Thirty-two Indian universities have been flagged as being among the many most ‘in danger’ worldwide by a brand new Analysis Integrity Danger Index, which identifies tutorial establishments with systemic analysis irregularities. This can be a notable enhance from the preliminary seven universities flagged with probably the most publications.