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Numbers of African students in China expected to grow as ties increase

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The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% This will appeal to a bigger number of students from English-speaking regions of the continent, noted Rebecca Ma, operations manager, UK education company, NCC Education’s China.

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International Day of Education 2023: “protect the rights of Afghan women”

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International Day of Education 2023 is being marked across the globe, with the driving theme behind this year’s iteration bringing the education of Afghan women and girls into focus, UNESCO has said. No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. The war against women must stop,” she added.

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Meet Shai Reshef, the 2023 Yidan Prize Winner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The award recognizes their innovative solutions which help learners reach their full potential, by advancing the quality of teaching and learning and breaking down barriers to higher education globally. Shai's model reimagines higher education, opening the doors for those who have previously been excluded," said Dorothy K.

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

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The Control Yuan, which acts as a government ombudsman, issued a statement in June criticising the ministries of education, labour and foreign affairs for failing to protect international students from exploitation. According to the report, the students were promised scholarships to cover their university fees but these failed to materialise.

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Painting and shaping Learning Landscapes with Assemblages in mind

SRHE

It is important for teachers and other education workers in a second sense, because it helps set up situations for valued learning and for inducting students into practices of knowledge-making, including the practices of shaping convivial epistemic environments for themselves. Pedagogy first or technology first?

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%

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Renewed efforts to promote study abroad as one million target remains distant

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Writing in The Hill, executive director and CEO of NAFSA, Fanta Aw, and president and CEO of The Forum on Education Abroad, Melissa A. Bryant Memorial Scholarship program and IES Abroad unveiled a “breakthrough” initiative to increase access to study abroad. It comes as NAFSA extended its Tamara H. Hess, said.