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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

” “We can expect more expulsions of students and faculty and a more conservative academic curriculum in the coming months,” said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, author of Iranian Intellectuals and the West and vice provost of Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Birmingham and IIT Madras reveal joint masters

The PIE News

The UK’s University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have announced a joint masters agreement, in addition to a new research fund. The partners noted that the arrangement is the first partnership at masters level between any IIT and a UK Russell Group University.