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India explores initiatives to promote special visas for int’l students

The PIE News

We are actively exploring ways to spread more awareness of this initiative via the Indian Embassies abroad through education fairs, webinars, and social media campaigns targeted at student communities in key countries, Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, chairman, University Grants Commission , told The PIE News.

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Johns Hopkins University in talks to establish India campus

The PIE News

With the National Education Policy , introduced in 2020, promoting transnational education to establish India as a global hub of education, efforts are being made to attract international universities to the South Asian country. The delegation actively discussed establishing an offshore JHU campus in India.”

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Hits and misses in Budget 2024 for India’s education sector

The PIE News

lakh crore (over $17 billion) for education, employment and skill sectors, internships with stipends worth INR 5,000 in top companies, to promising education loans upto INR 10 lakhs ($11,949), the central government is eyeing a funding boost for the education space. From announcing INR 1.48 That said, again execution matters.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education.

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The Bombay Club 2.0: How valid are misgivings about branch campuses?

The PIE News

The sheer number of international vice-chancellors touring the country illustrates the length of the queue at the University Grants Commission’s door. Just five years on from the New Education Policy (NEP) announcement , the rapid proliferation of global university brands in India is ramping up.

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What happened the last time Labour wrestled with equality versus excellence in education?

HEPI

It’s taken me almost 20 years but, over the summer, I eventually got around to reading a book I’ve been wanting to read on higher education policy since I started working in the area over 15 years ago: University to Uni – The Politics of Higher Education since 1944 by Robert Stevens.

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University of Southampton awarded licence to establish India campus 

The PIE News

The awarding of a licence from the University Grants Commission now paves the way for planning to progress for the University of Southampton Delhi NCR campus. “In In the 21st century, no university can be truly global without engaging with India,” said Mark E.