UNESCO seeks to give impetus to scholarly work on slavery

New chairs urged to join alliance focusing on slavery

UNESCO has called for the creation of university chairs for the study of the history of enslavement and the transatlantic slave trade. These chairs, according to scholars in the field, should include institutions and researchers in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean to support a deeper global understanding about one of the worst crimes in human history. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Surge in student asylum claims and fraudulent applications

Between December 2023 and 6 October of this year, about 10,000 prospective international students submitted “potentially fraudulent” letters of acceptance to the agency that issues study visas. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Physical university in ‘liberated’ area continues to expand

Amid the ongoing fighting in Myanmar, Kachin State has set up an autonomous university on the ground. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Overseas students: Why we need diversity and how to get it

Attracting a diverse pool of international students and understanding students’ varying motivations is now more critical than ever for US universities, argues Rajika Bhandari, Ph.D. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

New global network on widening access in HE is launched

Academics and stakeholders representing higher education and universities from around the world have launched the first global network based on the belief that the right to higher education should be universal, not conditional, as Dorothy Lepkowska reports. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Harness digital tech to improve HE access – UNESCO report

Nic Mitchell discusses a UNESCO report on tackling inequalities in higher education access, which highlights 15 case studies from around the world, including a successful e-learning platform in India. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Japan-EU Horizon talks kick off amid dual-use concerns

Japan has started formal negotiations to enter the European Union’s Horizon research programme, reports suvendrini kakuchi . Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Survey suggests students do not see use of AI as cheating

Preliminary survey results presented at a recent meeting of the Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education show students have limited knowledge of fraudulent phenomena, except for plagiarism, write Villano Qiriazi, Luca Lantero & Chiara Finocchietti . Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Council helps at-risk academics find new intellectual homes

The Council for At-Risk Academics was founded in 1933 to help scientists, professors and researchers flee Nazi Germany. Today it serves as a lifeline for at-risk academics from all countries. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Network of HE leaders takes aim at transformative change

A network of university leaders across Latin America and the Caribbean formed in August aims to integrate sustainability at the core of higher education and envisions higher education institutions as change agents, as Yuma Inzolia reports. Read the full story in University World News Global Edition.

Also in the new University World News Global Edition, the following stories - and more:

Mapping (but not solving) the science communication crisis - Philip Altbach & Hans (J.W.M.) de Wit

HE equity champions struggle against ideological backlash - Dorothy Lepkowska

How inherited advantage increases your chances to access HE - Wachira Kigotho

The McDonaldisation of higher education in the age of AI - James Yoonil Auh

Strategies to foster civic engagement in your university - Sarwar Khawaja

The role of the higher education sector in nation branding - Ylva Rodny-Gumede

Students see ‘diminishing returns’ from postgraduate study - Amber Ziye Wang

LLMs outclass humans at predicting neuroscience results - Nathan Greenfield

GenAI impedes student learning, hitting exam performance - wagdy sawahel

South Korea on track to join Horizon despite turmoil - Yumi Jeung & Yojana Sharma

Addressing real-world challenges with interdisciplinary learning - Patrick Blessinger , Abhilasha Singh & Professor Beena Giridharan

It’s time to go beyond last century’s information frontiers - Hamish Coates & Angel Calderon