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Warning issued to Taiwan’s ministries over int’l student exploitation

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Taiwan’s government watchdog has accused three ministries of failing to protect overseas students from exploitation as the island sets out plans to attract 10,000 more international students over the next four years. The education ministry was subsequently asked to look into the issues but failed to carry out a full investigation.

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Japan opens first overseas branch campus

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“This campus is the first university to award Japanese academic degrees overseas, thus becoming a groundbreaking university in the history of Japan’s higher education,” Ikuya Sugisato, international affairs employee at the Ministry of Education (MEXT) told The PIE News. “We

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Johns Hopkins University in talks to establish India campus

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” Spokesperson, Ministry of Education According to official statement by the MoE: “The discussion centered on strengthening academic and research collaborations between JHU and premier Indian higher education institutions. The delegation actively discussed establishing an offshore JHU campus in India.”

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Russia: int’l student numbers ‘grow’ despite war

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About 400,000 foreign students study at Russian universities currently attracted by among other things affordable fees, plus over 1,200 programs in Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Humanities taught in Russian, English or French, Asya Manvelyan, student services manager – department of Middle East and Southern Africa at Racus, said.

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UGC chair reveals committee to review Indian entrance exam irregularities

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It is in synergy with the erstwhile Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Centres and Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) of the UGC. The existing HRDCs & PMMMNMTTs shall cohesively work to train the teachers.”

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Norway confirms end of free non-EU tuition to dismay of student groups

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“When it really mattered, neither the Socialist Left Party , the Labour Party nor the Center Party was willing to stand up for free higher education,” she continued. The continuing trend of abolishing free access to education in Europe is deeply concerning.

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Key trends in Latin American higher education: private institutions, diversity, and online learning

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This opposition is emphasised in the more superficial political debate and obscures the subtleties and specificities of the process of diversified expansion of higher education. For example, the impossibility (human and geographical) of offering face-to-face courses in remote regions of the country.