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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr.8

Protests over Iran’s economic crisis have spread to university campuses; the United States health research agency has agreed to review delayed scientific grant applications; the University of Technology Sydney is facing a crisis after a union-led no-confidence motion against its vice-chancellor…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 425859
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:52
©  Jonathan Billinger
UK's Bath University joins the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN)

The University of Bath in south-west England is joining the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN), it announced on 16/01/2026. "Bath will collaborate with universities across Europe with the aims of growing research partnerships, fostering innovation and best practice, and…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, Partnerships, …
• Article # 426738
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:39
©  Gaetano Maccri
Ice Memory Foundation: European research organisations open sanctuary storing ice cores in Antarctica

The Ice Memory Foundation has opened the first-ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores at Concordia Station in Antarctica, it announced on 14/01/2026. These climate archives are "safely stored in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C, designed to preserve ice for future generations of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, …
• Article # 426706
• Published on 16/01/26 at 15:55
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AACSB report shows business schools moving from AI experimentation to implementation

A report from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) shows how business schools are scaling AI from pilots to strategy. Released on 13/01/2026, the report is titled "A Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Business Education: Exemplars and Critical Themes for…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Business schools, Digital, …
• Article # 426634
• Published on 16/01/26 at 15:46
©  Sommet Education
Sommet Education appoints Spencer Coles as new Chief Executive Officer

Sommet Education, a network of hospitality management and culinary arts institutions with headquarters in Switzerland, has appointed Spencer Coles as its new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 16/02/2026, it announced on 14/01/2026. "Coles brings over 25 years of senior leadership…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 426556
• Published on 15/01/26 at 16:04
©  Stockholm Environment Institute
Senior US scientist says Trump withdrawal from research bodies will deter knowledge of global problems

A senior US researcher has said the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from international research programmes was an attempt to eliminate understanding of global problems like climate change. Ed Carr, Centre Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute in the United States, an…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 426377
• Published on 15/01/26 at 11:48
©  University of Montréal
Montréal University says French students are still welcome despite quotas on international admissions

The University of Montréal wants to reassure French and other international students that the government's decision to cap international admissions for Canadian universities will not affect their opportunity to study in Québec. The largest university in Québec (the French-speaking region of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, …
• Article # 426358
• Published on 14/01/26 at 17:24
©  D.R.
Commission says European universities alliances "are in a good position" for Horizon Europe 2028-2034

The European Commission believes that European universities alliances "are in a good position" as the EU is finalising the Horizon Europe programme for 2028-2034 (FP10). An official from the Commission's department for research and innovation, DG RTD, speaking at an event on 08/01/2026, said…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 426304
• Published on 14/01/26 at 14:31
©  kanchanachitkhamma (Canva)
Report highlights continuing challenges for EU in preventing start-ups and scale-ups moving to the US

Around 10% of EU scaleups relocate abroad, with 85% of them moving to the US. These are the main findings of a report entitled "Drivers of Relocation by Innovative EU Start-ups and Scale-ups", commissioned by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The report, released on 12/01/2026, confirms a…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 426252
• Published on 13/01/26 at 18:30
AACSB publishes for comment draft 2026 global standards for business education and accounting

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International has released drafts of its inaugural Global Standards for Business Education and 2026 Accounting Accreditation Standards and is encouraging stakeholders to review them, it announced on 12/01/2026. The drafts…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Business schools, …
• Article # 426178
• Published on 13/01/26 at 17:27