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Zimbabwe deregisters seven universities in India and Northern Cyprus

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Some Middle Eastern countries do not recognise higher education certificates issued by universities in the region and Nigerian authorities have warned of “unscrupulous” agents and human trafficking in Northern Cyprus. The post Zimbabwe deregisters seven universities in India and Northern Cyprus appeared first on The PIE News.

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Johns Hopkins University in talks to establish India campus

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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 post Johns Hopkins University in talks to establish India campus appeared first on The PIE News.

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UGC chair reveals committee to review Indian entrance exam irregularities

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The test is used to determine the eligibility of candidates for junior research fellowship, assistant professors and PhDs in Indian universities and was supposed to take place on June 18. The existing HRDCs & PMMMNMTTs shall cohesively work to train the teachers.”

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What is a ‘research culture’?

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The British Academy points to ‘the impact and value research’ in the humanities and related disciplines ‘can deliver to policy makers and the wider public’. It was to take the form of a block grant, which the recipient university might allocate as it chose. The Royal Society adopts the same wording.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

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The latter source grew steadily more important and in 1919 the Treasury established a University Grants Committee (UGC) to rationalise government grants which in the 1920s and 1930s rose to around 30% of individual universities’ expenditure. Investment in human capital has been mostly ignored.