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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here.

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Hewlett Foundation Awards $20M to Diversify Cybersecurity Field

Insight Into Diversity

Cybersecurity, like many STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, has been historically male-dominated and lacks diversity. At FIU, the funds will bolster the Cybersecurity@FIU program, enabling the university to enhance its teaching and research capabilities in the field and support the recruitment of students.

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Looming Dutch election leaves stakeholders sitting in first gear

The PIE News

From a housing crisis, to a stop on international recruitment, to a governmental collapse, almost everything under the sun has happened. Speaking to The PIE, Jorrit Snijder, Breda University of Applied Sciences ’ President, points out that the debate that’s been going on since the housing crisis has left behind some key context.

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Netherlands uni chairs call for stop to curbing int’l students

The PIE News

A group of university chairs in the Netherlands has called for figures in parliament to stop attacking international students and the prospect of their recruitment. The letter , written in the popular daily newspaper NRC, describes that an onslaught on international student recruitment will only help to “increase national labour shortages”.

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Netherlands: call for higher education funding rethink in ongoing international debate

The PIE News

Last year, Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, told The PIE in an exclusive interview that the country was searching for an “optimal” number of international students, while he praised the role of student and researcher international exchanges. times as many as the 2005/06 figure. Read it here.

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How Industry Micro-Credentials Are Transforming Higher Education 

Coursera blog

Faculty also have access, which has helped recruit internal champions for the program. Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OAMK) in Finland began offering Professional Certificates from Coursera as part of a program revamp for career-oriented learning.

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A “pathway to Finland” – the boost needed for its 2030 goal?

The PIE News

While there is the usual IELTs testing, and limitless articles offering tips on moving to Finland, Harri Suominen, the founder of AsiaExchange – which offers a myriad of study programs to Asia – and Edunation , which recruits students into Finnish institutions, said students needed more help getting used to university life in Finland. “Two