University World News

University World News is a collective of around 60 education journalists located in over 25 countries, ensuring coverage from every region. Our team consists of experienced reporters who have made significant contributions to both international and national media outlets. Published by Higher Education Web Publishing Ltd, which is registered in London, University World News operates with a dedicated team based in Durban, London, Melbourne, Montreal, and Copenhagen. The publication retains the right to edit or modify articles as needed. Access to our newspaper is completely free. Each week, University World News delivers a complimentary emailed edition and updates to our website. Our global correspondents provide a wealth of content, including news articles, in-depth analyses, feature stories, and round-ups on critical issues, along with links to noteworthy pieces from other prominent newspapers and journals worldwide. We offer a broader selection of higher education topics than any single publication can, delivering a truly global perspective for an international audience. This makes it an ideal resource for busy academics, managers, researchers, and policymakers who want to stay informed about the global higher education landscape. Our journalists cover a wide range of higher education topics, from prestigious universities to lesser-known institutions in underreported regions, fostering better communication and understanding in the field. The University World News website also serves as a valuable source of information on grants, higher education research, press releases from tertiary organizations, job opportunities, and various developments, along with numerous links to higher education organizations and institutions around the world.

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Reimagining legal education requires sharing, talent and money

3 days ago | universityworldnews.com | Scovian Lillian

KENYA In a world where political instability and youth disillusionment are rising, Dr Koki Muli Grignon stands as a beacon of transformative change in higher education. As the dean of the School of Law at South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) in Kitui, she is reimagining legal education to tackle the pressing challenges of governance and democracy.
Scrap single supervisor, research-only system for PhDs

3 days ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

AFRICA African universities must change the structure of PhD training and supervision, produce differentiated graduate training universities, and abandon the single supervisor for committee, joint or collaborative models.
Malaysia to stop sending its scholarship students to the US

4 days ago | universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma

MALAYSIA-GLOBAL The Malaysian authorities have said they will stop sending Malaysian government scholarship students to the United States and are actively looking to negotiate international student tuition fee discounts with universities in other countries to get a better deal.
Food security champion dies shortly before PhD graduation

5 days ago | universityworldnews.com | Francis Kokutse

GHANA-SOUTH AFRICA After working for many years to reach the apex of his academic career, well-known agricultural economist Alhassan Jinbaani has passed away only two months before he was due to be awarded his PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. Jinbaani battled myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
STEM-focused budget leaves universities treading water

6 days ago | universityworldnews.com | John Gerritsen

NEW ZEALAND New Zealand’s government appears to be relying on increasing enrolments to keep the nation’s eight universities afloat while staff warn of increasing pressure. Despite warnings from the funding body, the Tertiary Education Commission, that the sector is under significant financial pressure, the government recently announced a funding package that leaves it treading water financially.
Students force Israeli ambassador to leave university

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Wagdy Sawahel

SENEGAL Students at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, in a protest to express their solidarity with Palestine, have forced Israel’s new ambassador to flee the campus. Israel’s ambassador to Senegal, Yuval Waks, was forced to leave the university campus in Dakar on 27 May after students protested his presence and chanted pro-Palestinian slogans, according to a video circulating on social media.
Glass ceiling still obstructing women HE leaders – UNESCO

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Scovian Lillian

GLOBAL A significant leadership gap persists across higher education institutions worldwide despite decades of progress in expanding access to education for women and girls, a UNESCO report has revealed. While women dominate as students and faculty, they remain largely absent from senior leadership positions. Titled Women Lead for Learning, the report was published on 20 May, a companion to last October’s 2024-25 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO.
Dispute over ‘doctor’ titles continues in health sector

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi

NIGERIA The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has criticised the recent decision of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to upgrade degree titles of graduates in pharmacy, physiotherapy and optometry to ‘doctor’ status in Nigerian universities.
Africa needs a coordinated approach to internationalisation

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

AFRICA Young people across Africa are eager for educational opportunities that flow from the internationalisation of education and want to benefit from the same exposure as that enjoyed by their international counterparts outside the continent, despite the lack of concrete strategies for advancing the concept in many universities on the continent.
Hong Kong eyes Harvard’s students amid broader visa threat

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma

ASIA-UNITED STATES Hong Kong flung open its doors to Harvard’s international students after the United States announced a ban on the institution enrolling international students, and is now trying to decipher the implications of a subsequent announcement that the US plans to “aggressively revoke” Chinese students’ visas.