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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Young forestry researchers step out into green classroom

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Elias Ngalame

CAMEROON The African Forest Forum has partnered with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Kenya Forestry Research Institute to better equip young African forest researchers and students in forestry institutions with skills and knowledge to drive green transition and sustainable forest management on the continent.
African HE to benefit from UK-funded climate project

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

UNITED KINGDOM-AFRICA African universities are set to benefit from a US$940,000 climate adaptation research project led by the Association of African Universities (AAU) in partnership with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the UK’s Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine through its Centre for Capacity Research (CCR). This 24-month initiative will focus on understanding African universities’ capacity for climate adaptation research.
Revised aid model could put student funding back on track

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Gilbert Nakweya

KENYA Kenya is expected to have a new universities funding model in September 2025 to replace the controversial New Higher Education Funding Model (NHEFM) that has been the centre of significant legal battles and policy discussions since its introduction in May 2023.
Record-sized graduate class hits job market amid uncertainty

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Amber Wang

CHINA China’s youth unemployment may be easing slightly, according to official reports, but with a record number of university students due to graduate this month, the job market is expected to come under renewed pressure amid ongoing economic headwinds and tariff uncertainties affecting export-led growth.
Today, more than ever, the quality of HE leadership matters

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Ignacio Sanchez

LATIN AMERICA The advancement and sustainability of higher education institutions depend significantly on the quality and character of their leadership. Universities are not only centres of knowledge and learning, but also deeply rooted intergenerational communities. They perform essential functions – teaching, research, knowledge creation and public service – and are uniquely situated at the intersection of cultural, intellectual and social development.
Concerns raised over killing of nuclear 14 scientists

1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Wagdy Sawahel

IRAN-ISRAEL Human rights groups have raised concerns over Israel’s killing of Iranian nuclear scientists and Israeli researchers have voiced dismay after Iran conducted a retaliatory attack on the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. On 16 June, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced the assassination of nine Iranian nuclear scientists in the opening strikes of its operation against Iran’s nuclear programme.
African edusphere must get its green act together, guru warns

2 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Gilbert Nakweya

AFRICA Higher education and labour systems in developing countries, especially in Africa, must urgently adapt to a changing planet by embracing green skills beyond the classroom to enhance sustainable development, according to an expert. According to Romain Boitard, green skills expert at the European Training Foundation (ETF), climate change, energy transitions, and sustainable development imperatives are reshaping employment. He called for higher education to be reoriented accordingly.
Academics, students join North African land convoy to Gaza

2 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Wagdy Sawahel

NORTH AFRICA Academics, students and unions representing professionals including doctors, engineers, journalists and lawyers, have joined civil society associations from Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco and Algeria in a North African convoy that is heading to Gaza to support the Palestinian people amid a worsening humanitarian crisis – in breach of Israel’s 18-year blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Students emerge as bargaining chip in China-US trade talks

2 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma

CHINA-UNITED STATES Foreign students’ access to United States institutions emerged as a major bargaining chip in high-stakes trade talks between China and the US in London this week as China appeared to secure a softening of the US stance on Chinese students as part of a “framework deal” ostensibly aimed at winding down crippling trade tariffs between the two countries.
What do we mean when we use the word ‘internationalisation’?

2 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Hans de Wit

GLOBAL Over the past weeks a flurry of articles has been published in University World News as well as other media about the state of higher education and its international dimensions in response to the assaults on top research universities, in particular Harvard, and on the treatment of international students and scholars in the United States.