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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr. 10

Amid global shifts in higher education and politics, fewer Japanese students are choosing to study in the US due to visa and political concerns; in the US, Cornell, Georgetown and UPenn face a lawsuit over financial aid; Australian and New Zealand universities have secured continued access to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 427735
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EUA report urges universities to adopt a “human-centric” and “micro-ambitious” approach to AI

As artificial intelligence continues to disrupt the steady continuum of digital change in higher education, a report from the European University Association (EUA), published on 29/01/2025, argues that institutions must move beyond experimentation toward strategies rooted in core academic values…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Deeptech, …
• Article # 428574
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EU and Vietnam pledge to boost R&I and education cooperation under new "Strategic Partnership"

The EU and Vietnam have agreed to step up cooperation in research and innovation, science, technology and education. During a visit of European Council President Antonio Costa to Hanoi on 29/01/2026, the two sides agreed to upgrade their existing relations to a "Comprehensive Strategic…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, State, …
• Article # 428521
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Skema Business School redesigns its PhD in Management to "respond to the evolution of the global market"

Skema Business School is reshaping its PhD in Management to "train future professors to the standards of the world’s leading business schools", it announced on 13/01/2026. In an interview with News Tank, Zakaria Babutsidze, Director of Skema's PhD programme, on 21/01/2026, explained that the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 428003
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Times Higher Education and Schmidt Science Fellows launch network to "support interdisciplinary research"

The Times Higher Education (THE) has launched the Global Higher Education Interdisciplinary Network (GHEIN), a new international initiative developed in collaboration with Schmidt Science Fellows to "support universities in strengthening the conditions for interdisciplinary research", they…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Societal impact of science, …
• Article # 428316
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European Commission appoints Ylva Johansson as chair of the European Skills High-Level Board

The European Commission has appointed Sweden's Ylva Johansson as chair of the European Skills High-Level Board, it announced on 29/01/2026. The Commission stated that the Board will play "a central role" in advancing the Union of Skills, the strategy to boost Europe's competitiveness and…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Policy, …
• Article # 428438
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Ehler says EP will need to fill "many blanks" in Commission’s Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal

Christian Ehler, the MEP responsible for the European Parliament's position on Horizon Europe 2028-2034, has said that the proposal of the Commission is "unfinished" and that "the co-legislator will have to fill in many blanks". Ehler, a German centre-right MEP and rapporteur for the Horizon…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 428189
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Dutch education organisations highlight key challenges of AI in education and the need for EU guidelines

The Netherlands House for Education and Research (Neth-ER), an association of the Dutch knowledge sector in Brussels, held a webinar on the key challenges and opportunities AI could bring to education on 27/01/2026, in collaboration with Nuffic, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Deeptech, Digital, …
• Article # 428233
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Three university groups give views on forthcoming ERA Act: Boost R&I spending but avoid new red tape

With the European Commission expected to publish its proposal for a European Research Area (ERA) Act in Q3 of 2026, several higher education and research organisations have sent their views to the Commission as part of a consultation that closed on 23/01/2026. News Tank Academic has read…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 428214
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QS Europe 2026: Oxford university regains first place; UK best performer in top ten

The University of Oxford has won back first place in the QS Europe ranking for 2026, after briefly losing it to ETH Zurich in 2025 and falling to third. The Swiss institution ranks second this year, followed by Imperial College London and University College London, who are in joint place…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 428063
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