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University of New Haven announces Saudi Arabia campus

The PIE News

The campus, which will mark the first overseas university to open an international branch in Saudi Arabia, aims to enrol 13,000 students when fully operational although the necessary regulatory approvals are still pending. Ambrose, chair of the University’s board of governors.

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Indians form largest group of international students in Germany

The PIE News

The number has more than doubled in the past five years, with 49,483 Indian students currently studying at German universities , based on the latest winter semester 2023/24 data. Moreover, Germany is making its labour market more attractive for Indians as it grapples with a severe labour shortage.

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Finland’s joint application sees record numbers

The PIE News

Applied sciences universities especially suffered, due to consulate backlogs in identification. This may be especially important to resolve with the biggest nationalities applying to Finland, according to the recent data, being Nigerian and Bangladeshi students. That only tells us about quantity, not quality.

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Not using AI is “disservice” to students 

The PIE News

Nearly three-quarters of students said that they expected their university to offer more courses on AI literacy. So, what’s behind universities’ hesitancy? “I And the final challenge for universities is, who do you bet on? And yet, currently, 36% of European institutions haven’t developed guidelines around the use of AI.

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The UK University-Territory Relationship in a Post-Brexit World

GlobalHigherEd

Post-EU Referendum turmoil in the UK (and the EU) continues, for all sorts of reasons, but soon more serious and sustained assessment of the post-Brexit landscape for UK universities will occur. This blog entry is an exercise in thinking future-forward, brainstorming-fashion (so all caveats apply!),

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

A third tradition, which stressed research, scholarship, and the applied sciences, emerged in nineteenth century Germany, especially at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university. Priorities conflict. I don’t think so.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to