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- ‘Prodding’ Sayuran Pillay clinches VC Award (opens University of Cape Town in a new tab)
Individual award to a university staff member
- Allahabad High Court: Universities cannot be forced to accept JEST score instead of UGC NET for PhD admission (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Court ruling on PhD admission exam requirements in India
- To open international career opportunities, MNC University explores cooperation with eight Japanese companies (opens PT Media Nusantara Informasi (SINDOnews) in a new tab)
Single university cooperation with Japanese companies
- Karnataka UGNEET 2026 stray vacancy results out, check fee payment and college reporting deadlines (opens Times of India in a new tab)
State-level stray vacancy round results for medical admissions
- How one Fellowship spread beyond my classroom (opens Advance HE in a new tab)
Personal reflection on a teaching fellowship
- EU Parliament wants Erasmus+ budget increased to over €47 billion (opens Polish Press Agency in a new tab)
European Parliament proposal to raise Erasmus+ programme funding
- Da Lat University 50 years: grateful for the past, responsible for the future (opens Tuoi Tre in a new tab)
Anniversary celebration of a single university
- Kalshi Moves to Launch Wagers on College Admissions (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Prediction-market company plans betting contracts on college admissions outcomes
- Higher Ed Leaders Go On Offense With Student Success Project (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Vague initiative description with unclear scope
- 5 Things to Know About Work Colleges (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Explainer on work colleges in the United States
- Cafés, vintage shopping, pizza: The best way to spend your first 24 hours in Tokyo as an international student (opens Study International in a new tab)
Lifestyle guide for international students in Tokyo
- MRiT: Andrzej Banasiak appointed director for commercialization and industrial partnership at ESA (opens Polish Press Agency in a new tab)
Individual personnel appointment at a space agency
- Kazakhstan allocates up to 50 university study places annually for Kyrgyzstan (opens 24.kg in a new tab)
Annual international student places between two countries
- Szczecin/ Medical students learn using VR and 3D technology (opens Polish Press Agency in a new tab)
Teaching technology at a local medical programme
- Waseda Alumni at Fujifilm Share Their Insights on Careers and Taking on New Challenges (opens Waseda University in a new tab)
Alumni career talk
- Scholarships await veterinary students (opens Forum Akademickie in a new tab)
Scholarship notice for veterinary students
- Wrocław/ Universities want to support food producers through their research (opens Polish Press Agency in a new tab)
Local research collaboration with food producers
- DTU awards 7,896 degrees at convocation, records Rs 64 lakh highest placement package (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Convocation ceremony and placement results at one university
- QC students take part in French “lycée” protests (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
Student protests in French secondary schools
- Trent, Auckland University of Technology form bilateral exchange program (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
Bilateral student exchange program between two universities
- Notification of establishment plans for university faculties and other units scheduled for FY2027 (August 2026 batch) (opens Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in a new tab)
Japanese ministry notice on planned new university faculties
- OCAD U marks 150th anniversary, announces fully-funded scholarships (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
Anniversary and scholarship announcement at one Canadian art and design university
- Northern Lakes opens Peavine Campus location, High Prairie residence (opens Academica Group in a new tab)
Opening of a campus location and residence at one Alberta college
- "It's unbearable": these students at breaking point after weeks of blockades in universities (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
Student frustration over weeks of university blockades in France
- SES organizes a talk by Prof. M.L. Dora (opens Jawaharlal Nehru University in a new tab)
Single department talk event
- Persistence, teamwork, and some healthy competition (opens MIT in a new tab)
Vague feature on persistence and teamwork
- Q&A: How AI came to model the “messy” human mind (opens MIT in a new tab)
Interview on AI modelling of human cognition
- Aspiration for a key regional pedagogical university of stature (opens Dan Tri in a new tab)
Institutional ambition statement for a teacher-training university
- Using internal strength to raise quality instead of increasing university tuition (opens Dan Tri in a new tab)
Debate on university tuition increases versus internal quality improvement in Vietnam
- Plan for organizing national defense and security education training for full-time undergraduate students at defense and security education centers (2027) (opens National Economics University in a new tab)
Institutional training plan for defence and security education
- Kennedy to select MAHA-aligned researcher to head mental health institute, overruling NIH director (opens American Association for the Advancement of Science in a new tab)
Appointment of head of a major US research institute overruling NIH director
- Maharashtra M. Pharmacy admission 2026: 4,135 students offered seats in fourth CAP round (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Routine state pharmacy admission allocation round
- Science Tokyo hosts Robocon International Design Contest 2026 (opens Institute of Science Tokyo in a new tab)
Robotics contest hosted by one university
- Japan Women's University to present student-developed DX service solving campus life problems at AWS Japan HQ, aiming for full campus rollout (opens University Journal Online (Japan) in a new tab)
One university's student-built digital service presentation