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NZ PM’s 2025 scholarship scheme offers 119 opportunities in Asia and LatAm

The PIE News

The New Zealand government has announced that 119 recipients have been awarded as part of the Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme for 2025. The scholarship grants the opportunity to young New Zealand citizens to study and work across Asia and Latin America with financial aid from the government.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We are grateful to our donors for these significant gifts that will help local young people pursue a quality education and grow our region's future leaders." Two major donations bolster the initiative: an anonymous $1 million gift and a $500,000 matching gift from the Barbara Monroe Scholarship Fund.

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Australia back but scholarship plans need review

The PIE News

Data from the department of education in Australia shows that international commencements in higher education have risen to 105,000 in the year to May 2023, an increase of 9% on 2019 figures. Currently, 33 universities in the country are offering scholarships internationally.

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Career Talk: The Heart of Teaching

Today's Learner

They said education would be my ticket out of poverty. Lacking financial means, I became a work-study student and received scholarships and loans to pay my tuition. In 2017, Essie was elected as President of the Texas Community College Teachers Association and received the Carol Dochen Developmental Educator of the Year Award.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Africa-China HE engagement: a one-way road?

LSE Higher Education Blog

While China is proactive in recruiting African students, Africa seems to play a relatively passive role does this stark imbalance in student mobility pose future risks to Africas higher education?

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Hello … Are you there? Or have you gone home for Christmas?

HEPI

Former Unite Foundation scholarship student, and host of the excellent This is Us Podcast, Paige Mackenzie, writes about her reflections on speaking with students on the podcast, and how they’ve said it can feel to be stuck at uni at a time when seemingly everyone is at home with their families. Eluned Parrott, ‘Study from home?