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SDGs ‘not attainable without contribution of HE’, UN told | None of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – the internationally agreed framework for tackling poverty, inequality, disease and climate change – can be achieved without the contribution of higher education through research, teaching and community engagement. Continue Reading

Digests

| International |

The Bologna Process needs to go back to basics | After 20 years of policy coordination in Europe, there is a need to re-think the main paths forward. In going forward we need to clearly address the fundamental values of higher education: academic freedom, institutional autonomy and how we contribute to the public good.Continue Reading

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International University ratings key to quality education | The first results of the ‘Higher Education Classification’ by Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) have been published, ushering in a new era of transparency even for higher education. With this advancement, the KHDA has seamlessly expanded the boundaries of accountabilityContinue Reading

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International International students boost jobs and business | Foreign students studying in Australia spent more than AU$35 billion (US$24 billion) last year on tourism, food, travel and housing. The huge expenditure by students also supported more than 240,000 local jobs and countless small and family businesses across the nation. It’sContinue Reading