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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr.32

In Australia, Flinders University announces India campus during Modi’s visit; US prepares further higher education regulations; Quebec’s English-language universities introduce new French language measures; Kyoto University is selected for Japan’s elite research funding scheme. Welcome to the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 447929
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MSCA doctoral programmes "mark of quality" but need to evolve to maintain global edge

A study assessing the "added value" of the European Union’s flagship Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) doctoral programmes has concluded that it continues to excel as a "quality label" for doctoral education, but evolution is necessary to maintain its global edge in an increasingly competitive…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 447988
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Majority of EU citizens think vocational education and training leads to good jobs and pay, survey finds

A Eurobarometer survey has revealed that a large majority of EU citizens view vocational education and training (VET) as a fast track to attractive and well-remunerated job opportunities. According to the survey, published on 10/07/2026, 85% of respondents believe that VET provides technical…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, Careers, Policy, …
• Article # 447959
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China overtakes rivals in annual research output while EU leads over last ten years

A study has shown that China has a massive annual output of research articles and journals and has a significantly larger research budget. The EU has a slight historical lead over the last ten years, Clarivate’s Institute for Scientific Information, an organisation structuring global research…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Funding, …
• Article # 447857
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German and Swiss researchers find higher educational mobility associated with greater innovation

European regions in which educational success depended less strongly on family background recorded a significant increase of around 11% in patent applications, according to a study by the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Zurich. The study suggests that…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 447877
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UK MPs say government has ‘moral obligation’ to unfreeze salary threshold for student loan repayment

UK Members of Parliament (MPs) on the parliament's finance committee have said that the government has a moral obligation to reverse the decision to freeze the salary threshold at which students have to start repaying loans. In a report published on 07/07/2026, the MPs said: "Governments have…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 447805
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Heads of French universities emphasise need to move away from a utilitarian approach to Europe

Heads of French universities and representatives from Erasmus+ and the European Commission have emphasised the need to move away from a utilitarian approach to the European Union in order to establish institutions as key players in its development, notably through the work of Heads of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 447425
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Maive Rute moving to new role in European Commission's Joint Research Centre

The European Commission is transferring Maive Rute to be Deputy Director-General for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) from her current role at the same grade in the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). The Commission announced this transfer…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Careers, …
• Article # 447538
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European science and business associations call for substantially increased budget for Horizon 2028-2034

Nearly 90 European research and business associations have called for a bold European research framework programme for 2028-2034 (FP10), with a "substantially increased budget". On 07/07/2026, the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) and 85 other associations…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Council, …
• Article # 447446
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EUPHE network wants better recognition of private education sector in Europe and more opportunities

The European Union of Private Higher Education (EUPHE), a European network of non-state higher education institutions, is aiming to advocate for a better recognition of the private sector at EU level and gather more members in the coming years. Karl Wöber, founding president of Modul University…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 447353
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