Global Edition: India restricts HE ties with China etc.

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Fears that student and faculty exchange programmes, as well as research, will be hit

13 October 2019  Issue No: 570 Top Stories INDIA India restricts university collaborations with China Shuriah Niazi Indian colleges and universities will not be able to collaborate with Chinese institutions without prior approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs, the higher education regulator the University Grants Commission of India has said. SINGAPORE Minister sets limits to academic freedom in Yale-NUS row Yojana Sharma Singapore’s Education Minister Ong Ye Kung outlined the limits of academic freedom for universities in a wide-ranging speech to parliament responding to the controversy over the cancellation of the Yale-NUS College course on ‘dialogue and dissent’ last month. UNITED KINGDOM No-deal Brexit 'will leave UK science dead for years' Brendan O’Malley Top scientists including two Nobel laureates have accused the United Kingdom’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, of pursuing a no-deal Brexit that would leave UK science “dead” for years with ‘zero chance’ of negotiating associate membership of Horizon Europe and blocked from receiving European Research Council grants. AUSTRALIA Tackling the post-study work visa chicken or egg problem Ly Tran, Mark Rahimi and George Tan News SUDAN Academics, students welcome clean sweep of university heads Wagdy Sawahel Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has replaced over 60 senior university administrators in accordance with demands made by a Sudanese academics’ association in a move that paves the way for the reopening of the country’s universities. INDIA Students fail to turn up as Kashmir universities reopen A UWN correspondent in Srinagar TAIWAN Deportation over campus democracy wall vandalism Mimi Leung UNITED KINGDOM Top-ranked universities ‘protect academic freedom better’ Jan Petter Myklebust AFRICA-EUROPE On target – Erasmus+ spending on African universities rises Diana Yordanova AUSTRALIA Graduates enjoy high rate of employment and rising pay SOUTH KOREA Police probe professor for wartime sex slavery remarks Aimee Chung GHANA Lecturers in BBC sex-for-grades documentary face probe Francis Kokutse UNITED STATES Iranian student’s visa voided en route to US. But why? Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education World Blog UNITED STATES Trump administration is fighting a war against science John Richard Schrock A new report by a non-partisan taskforce outlines how politics is increasingly influencing government science in the United States, leading to a long list of government actions undermining legitimate science, including lies, corruption and an increase in unqualified appointees on scientific bodies. Commentary GLOBAL Marketisation weakens the public diplomacy role of HE Fazal Rizvi The marketisation of international higher education and the focus on students as global consumers of education rather than representatives of their communities or nations with a responsibility to promote national interests abroad have weakened the public diplomacy role of higher education. RUSSIA How can Russia best internationalise its universities? Karin AC Johnson UNITED STATES Why are universities neglecting their global alumni? Robert A Scott The Boston College Center for International Higher Education INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION Fall Issue No. 99, 2019 – A Partner of University World News Features FRANCE-TUNISIA New joint university aims to boost economies in Africa Elizia Volkmann Tunisia is partnering with France to open a new university based in the North African country offering to teach business skills and provide degrees that will help build sustainably growing economies in Africa. SWEDEN Why paying attention to your university’s values matters Jan Petter Myklebust UGANDA Academic promotion criteria – What about innovation? John Agaba World Round-up SOUTH AFRICA Moderation shows surgery exam marking was fair – CMSA UNITED STATES Biden HE plan includes 2 years’ free community college GLOBAL Colleges received millions from opioid maker owners BELGIUM-RWANDA Universities criticised for giving platform to genocide denier THAILAND Cabinet greenlights technology and innovation budget NEW ZEALAND Universities struggle to meet student mental health needs NIGERIA Calls for action against sexual harassment in universities INDONESIA Lecturer among those arrested for attack plan GHANA Government urged to stop interfering in universities KENYA Tax authority freezes university accounts over arrears UNITED STATES FBI in campaign to alert campuses over China theft threat UNITED KINGDOM 20 universities in landmark deal to buy windfarm energy INDIA Vice-chancellor appointments held up in ministry UNITED KINGDOM Universities agree to more openness on student grading SOUTH AFRICA University wins court battle over language policy HONG KONG Hong Kong universities cancel evening lectures ESTONIA Bill to set R&D funding at 1% by 2022 passes first reading TURKEY NGO to help Turkish migrants access higher education

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