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Iran
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Many were moved to the suburbs and others flew home.
Shafigeh Shirazi and Shuriah niazi
Tehranian universities, as well as universities outside the Iranian capital, suspended classes and tests and announced emergency measures this week as Israel expanded the area covered by air strikes and launched an attack on Iranian military leaders and nuclear facilities on June 13.
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US
Nathan M Green Field
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Tulsi Suchak and Matt Spick
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Africa
Wachira Kigoto
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UWN Reporter
While US universities have made significant profits in the latest QS World University rankings, their success comes with warnings that data may have a significant impact on international student demand and application trends.
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Global Palestine – Israel
Wagdy Sawahel
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Iran and Israel
Wagdy Sawahel
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Japan India
Svendolini Kakuchi and Yojana Sharma
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Nepal
Binod Ghimire
Tribuvan University in Nepal has vowed to crack down on false staff who have been found to have misused their university's study abroad benefits by not returning to work after completing their studies or not generating academic qualifications earned abroad.
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Kenya
Gilbert Nakweya
Kenya has a university funding model revised in September 2025 and is expected to replace the controversial higher education funding model, which has been at the heart of key legal combat and policy debates since its introduction in 2023. The Minister's task force is working on the model.
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Denmark and Africa
Jan Peter Myklebust
The Danish government has launched a new program worth USD 430 million (USD 66 million) worth of DKK, aimed at promoting a partnership between Danish and African universities, where more graduate students will see more graduate students receiving funds to come to Denmark, according to a recent announcement.
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Denmark
Jan Peter Myklebust
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Webinar
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| The new UN-linked support community – Integrating higher education and sustainability into society – will begin with a free webinar on Thursday, June 26th next year, giving attendees priority access to global resources, networks and support.
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United Arab Emirates
Academic Affairs Division
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United Arab Emirates
Academic Affairs Division
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United Arab Emirates
Academic Affairs Division
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Edtech, AI and higher education
Europe
Villano Qiriazi and Chiara Finocchietti
The need for increased use of artificial intelligence to assess qualifications in higher education, skills value, automatic recognition, and global cooperation is at the top of the 2025 perception agenda, shaping discussion and reflection at the international level.
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Richard Johnker
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Abdullah Ijaz, Madiha Shafik, Nishwa Ibrah
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Bahrain
Wagdy Sawahel
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World Blog
latin america
Ignacio Sanchez
The reflection provided here is shaped by personal experiences, moments of hardship and joy, failure and success, loneliness and solidarity. They are provided not as definitive guides but as contributions to dialogue about how leadership can maintain and renew higher education.
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SDGS
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Angel Calderon
Exponential growth of Higher education in the times The impact rankings show that universities have a desire to assess performance on the Sustainable Development Goals, but the results are unstable and many research-intensive universities do not participate. Is regional or national ranking better?
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Africa
Clemence Malikwe
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UK, Africa
Mynawal
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Kenya – Germany
Wilson Odianbo
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Last week's top story
US
Brendan O'Malley
University World News We talk with Rodney K. Rogers, president of Bowling Green State University, Ohio, about why confidence in higher education is declining in the US and how universities can win it in the current context of their objectives and modes of operational challenges.
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Min Bahadur Vista
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China Integrated Country
Yojana Sharma
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Europe
Ganders Belgin
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Japan
Svendolini Kakuchi
Top Japanese universities are bolstering plans and creating new budgets to embrace international researchers and students facing US uncertainty after President Donald Trump's management has significantly reduced research funding and threatened to suspend visa applications from overseas.
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global
Wagdy Sawahel
President Donald Trump's full and partial travel ban declaration prevented or restricted students and academics from 19 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, and came into effect on June 9th.
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Finland
Jan Peter Myklebust
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