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- Beyond mutations: new study reveals alternative route to cancer (opens Institute of Science Tokyo in a new tab)
General-interest cancer biology research finding, not higher education policy
- UNEP Warns 1.5-Degree Warming Overshoot Is Unavoidable as Kazakhstan Grapples With Coal Dependence (opens The Astana Times in a new tab)
Climate policy story, not about higher education
- 000030-2026-COSUSINEACE/PE (opens Sistema Nacional de Evaluación, Acreditación y Certificación de la Calidad Educativa (SINEACE) in a new tab)
Bare resolution number with no descriptive content
- Universities Canada speaks to House of Commons about global talent (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
National sector body testimony to Canadian parliament on international talent
- Canada announces $813M in research funding (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
National government research funding announcement
- MNC University rector sworn in as head of DKI Jakarta ARTIPENA regional chapter (opens PT Media Nusantara Informasi (SINDOnews) in a new tab)
Individual appointment to a regional non-university body
- Distance study alongside work: study organisation determines compatibility (opens idw in a new tab)
General advice on part-time study
- Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (opens US Office of the Federal Register in a new tab)
Federal Register notice on personal records system rules, not higher-education specific
- Watch the universe emerge from the dark ages, with Lumina (opens MIT in a new tab)
General-interest astronomy science
- Case of 3 principals demoted to teachers: proposal to assign them as vice principals (opens VietNamNet (Ministry of Science and Technology media) in a new tab)
Individual personnel case at specific schools
- SRFTI students allege classroom power cut amid protest; institute denies targeting protesters (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Student protest and dispute at a single institute
- David Eby’s early election call backfires badly, putting Conservatives in power in B.C. (opens University of British Columbia in a new tab)
General provincial election outcome in British Columbia, not higher education
- Difficult labour market: students must pay tens of millions to 'buy' internship places (opens Thanh Nien in a new tab)
Feature on internship costs, ambiguous scope
- 11 principals and teachers from the north moving south to build teacher-training colleges (opens VietNamNet (Ministry of Science and Technology media) in a new tab)
Founding of teacher-training colleges in southern Vietnam; historical feature
- Seven organizations launch development of next-generation distributed computing platform for practical quantum computing applications (opens Waseda University in a new tab)
Multi-organization quantum computing platform development project involving Waseda University
- Two-day event to learn deeply about Japanese giant salamander, a special natural monument: 21st Japanese Giant Salamander Society Sagamihara Meeting held at Azabu University on November 7-8 (opens University Journal Online (Japan) in a new tab)
Event on a species at a single university
- Sun Directly Over Java, IPB Professor Explains Why Jakarta Is Hotter While Bogor Is Still Experiencing Rain (opens IPB University in a new tab)
General-interest explainer on weather and climate in Java
- Is Cancer Inherited from Parents? An IPB University Doctor Explains the Role of Genes and When Genetic Testing Is Necessary (opens IPB University in a new tab)
General-interest health and genetics explainer
- Students Question Colleges’ AI Push as Institutional Enthusiasm Grows (opens Diverse: Issues In Higher Education in a new tab)
Student skepticism about institutions' expanding AI adoption strategies
- Restoring the value of a university degree: starting with combating grade "inflation" (opens Dan Tri in a new tab)
Opinion piece on grading standards
- Arrangement of 5 principals as teachers: Gia Lai province points out shortcomings (opens Thanh Nien in a new tab)
Provincial review of principals reassigned to teaching posts, likely school-level
- Confidence at heart of student success (opens Campus Review in a new tab)
General commentary on student confidence and success
- [Editorial] Beyond university survival, let us think about the future of the university ecosystem (opens 한국대학신문 (UNN) in a new tab)
Editorial opinion piece on the higher education sector
- Can AI make unis more human? (opens Campus Review in a new tab)
Opinion piece on AI and university culture
- Podcast: Building on strengths (opens Campus Review in a new tab)
Podcast episode with no specified policy subject
- M. Vidaurre Teixidó (opens Maastricht University in a new tab)
Author name only, no substantive headline
- J. A. Aaberg Lauridsen (opens Maastricht University in a new tab)
Author name only, no substantive headline
- M. Knops (opens Maastricht University in a new tab)
Unclear personal item with no substantive content
- Case of two principals demoted to teachers: proposal to assign them as vice-principals (opens Tuoi Tre in a new tab)
Personnel case concerning two school principals in Vietnam
- Kanazawa University's Integrated Studies Division: pioneer of arts-science fusion education, how students chose arts or science in high school (opens University Journal Online (Japan) in a new tab)
Feature on one university's programme and student survey
- Department of Social Development and Rehabilitation honours director of Kufa Studies Center (opens University of Kufa in a new tab)
Honour for an individual at a single department