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Vlir (Flemish Interuniversity Council): Bernard Vanheusden takes over as chair on 01/09/2025

The rector of Hasselt University (Belgium), Bernard Vanheusden, will take over as chair of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (Vlir), the association of Dutch-speaking universities in Belgium, on 01/09/2025, after Jan Danckaert, rector of the VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), has held the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 409482
• Published on 29/08/25 at 17:46
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Budget cuts, DEI erasure, antisemitism investigations: Research and education under Trump's presidency

2025 started with a major political change across the Atlantic: the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, for his second administration, on 20/01/2025. News Tank offers a selection of articles reporting on certain decisions made by the presidential administration…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 408289
• Published on 29/08/25 at 09:00
Global average shows 35% dissatisfied with education systems (Ipsos Education Monitor 2025)

"34 % on average across 30 countries say the quality of the education system in their country is good; 35% say it’s poor" is one of the conclusions of the Ipsos Education Monitor 2025 published on 26/08/2025. The report highlights that "people in Europe are among the most critical of their…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, State, Digital, …
• Article # 409104
• Published on 28/08/25 at 18:14
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"Rebuild collaborations", "learning to be an associated member": UUKi delegation's tour of Europe in 2025

Universities UK (UKK), the collective voice of 141 British universities, sent its international branch (UUKi) on a tour of European partners, which concluded on 14/05/2025 in Berlin (Germany). News Tank followed the organisation on this journey. Their tour started in October 2024 with a first…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 408283
• Published on 28/08/25 at 12:00
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Exclusive Interdisciplinary Transformation University: "Real innovations are at the borders between disciplines"

"We want to teach people who have a grounding in a discipline and enrich them with digital technologies, so they can go out into the world and transform organisations and disciplines by using more digital technologies and bringing data-driven and AI thinking into different areas", indicates…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 406791
• Published on 27/08/25 at 11:36
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A tour of European, national and institutional initiatives to attract international researchers in 2025

The first half of 2025 saw an increasing awareness of researchers and higher education professionals impacted by geopolitical or political situations in the world (the second Trump administration in the U.S., with its reforms and budget cuts, as well as conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, for…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 408233
• Published on 27/08/25 at 08:00
Three academics on the future of higher education and research in the U.S.: "We are all worried"

"We are all worried about the future of higher education and research in the U.S. We all know, including the current administration, that the best universities are incubators for research discoveries that fuel the U.S. economy, that research universities work with businesses to create new…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 408730
• Published on 26/08/25 at 15:05
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Business schools, world universities, sustainability,...: A tour of the 2025 rankings

From academic performances to environmental commitment, News Tank covered several rankings judging the quality of HEIs depending on different criteria in the first half of 2025, in addition to several rankings of global and European universities. The year started with the FT MBA 2025 Ranking…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, State, …
• Article # 408232
• Published on 26/08/25 at 14:00
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African Research University Alliance: “We want to be the African Union’s knowledge hub” (J. Gyapong)

"We want to become the knowledge hub for the African Union, so that when the African Union needs information, it refers to us", states John Gyapong, Secretary General of the African Research University Alliance (Arua), to News Tank on 30/06/2025. The organisation that regroups 23 universities…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 408850
• Published on 26/08/25 at 11:00
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A year of new policies, strategies and initiatives to use AI in science, innovation and higher education

In 2024-2025, AI was a major topic for higher education and research institutions, as well as for European governments and the EU. France hosted the AI Summit from 06 to 11/02/2025, gathering researchers from around the world to discuss research, applications and the future of AI. Philippe…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Business schools, …
• Article # 408183
• Published on 25/08/25 at 10:00