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Business schools: Policy shifts are undermining international student mobility (AACSB survey)

"Institutions impacted by recent policy changes anticipate an average 16% drop in international student enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year. Meanwhile, schools in countries without such restrictions expect enrollment to increase by as much as 10%, highlighting how national policy environments…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Business schools, State, …
• Article # 406933
• Published on 25/07/25 at 18:00

Innovation Scoreboard 2025: Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index; Sweden is the EU leader

Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index in 2025, as it has done since 2010, according to the 2025 edition of the Innovation Scoreboard, published by the European Commission on 15/07/2025. The country score is 139.8 % (calculated for the eight years between 2018 and 2025 compared to the…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 406789
• Published on 25/07/25 at 15:38

Columbia University to pay $221 M to the U.S. government to settle federal feud and restore funding

"Columbia University has reached an agreement with the United States government to resolve multiple federal agency investigations into alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws. As part of the resolution, Columbia will pay a $200 M settlement over three years to the federal…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 406717
• Published on 24/07/25 at 17:00

Improving diversity in U.S. universities: Targeting individual bias "hasn't been working" (F. Dobbin)

"It's clear that trying to target individual bias and make that the problem hasn't been working to improve diversity. But unfortunately, those are the practices that all of the universities have, and the things that do work are relatively rare", says Frank Dobbin, Professor of sociology at Harvard…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 405670
• Published on 24/07/25 at 15:24

UK: £2 Bn Investment to expand AI research and compute capacity

The British Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are launching a compute roadmap, with potential benefits including quicker health diagnoses, smarter energy supplies, tackling climate change, and improved public service delivery, announces UKRI on…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 406467
• Published on 23/07/25 at 17:10

Utrecht University (The Netherlands): Hans Brug appointed President as of November 2025

"The Supervisory Board of Utrecht University has appointed Johannes (Hans) Brug as the new President of the Executive Board with effect from 01/01/2026. He will succeed Anton Pijpers, who will retire after his second term as President ends on 01/11/2025", announces the Dutch university on…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Strategy
• Article # 406517
• Published on 23/07/25 at 16:30

Fraunhofer Future Foundation (Germany): Thomas Hirth elected Chair of the Executive Board

Thomas Hirth is the new Chair of the Fraunhofer-Zukunftsstiftung (Fraunhofer Future Foundation), after the board of trustees appointed the innovation manager to this position effective 01/07/2025, announces the foundation on 17/07/2025. He succeeds Hans-Jörg Bullinger, who has been Chair since…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Funding, …
• Article # 406316
• Published on 23/07/25 at 16:10

Donald Trump administration withdrawing the U.S. from Unesco (Department of State)

"The United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United States’ decision to withdraw from Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). Continued involvement in Unesco is not in the national interest of the United States", announces the American…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Policy, …
• Article # 406485
• Published on 22/07/25 at 17:08

Equis reaccreditation for seven business schools; new EFMD label for five programmes

Seven business schools receive Equis reaccreditation, announces EFMD on 17/07/2025: • Católica Porto Business School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal), • Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, • ICN Business School (France), • TUM School of Management, Technische…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 406390
• Published on 22/07/25 at 15:59

Ukraine : €20 M of EIC funding available for 40 deep-tech start-ups and SMEs projects

The EIC (European Innovation Council) announces that €20 M of funding will be made available for Ukrainian deep-tech start-ups and SMEs as part of ongoing efforts to reinforce Ukraine’s innovation capacity amid Russia’s military invasion, states the Council on 17/07/2025. Eligible companies…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 406450
• Published on 22/07/25 at 15:55