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Scholarships and closer ties for ASEAN & Aus

The PIE News

Scholarships and fellowships for students from ASEAN were launched at an overarching bilateral summit between Australia and Southeast Asia. Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced during the Australia ASEAN Summit on March 4-7 that over 75 scholarships, called Aus4ASEAN will be provided as part of a new era of partnership with the region.

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We educated our campus communities as to what is at stake in Ukraine, facilitated efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian citizens and offered scholarships for Ukrainians interested in pursuing higher education. Disable left side advertisement?

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

The PIE News

A 2022 investigation by a national newspaper uncovered that Ugandan students at Chungchou University of Science and Technology were being forced to work long hours in factories as “interns”. According to the report, the students were promised scholarships to cover their university fees but these failed to materialise.

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Turkey: TDU backs students affected by quake

The PIE News

The Turkish German University in Istanbul has handed out 48 scholarships worth some €15,000 to students that were impacted by the recent earthquake in Turkey. ” Along with a fund for study materials, such as paper, books and computers, the university had initially sought to introduce 20 scholarships for the year.

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Navigating the AI revolution in higher education: a call to action

HEPI

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. Too much of our current higher education system is still predicated on memorisation, a relic of a pre-digital era.

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Korea unveils five-year plan to boost int’ls

The PIE News

The plan includes an increase in the quota of government scholarships, which will primarily be aimed at universities outside of larger urban areas and those with STEM programs. “Korea has a great education system… but forcing people to learn Korean to get an education here is not going to boost numbers.

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China int’l fees could increase fivefold, Xi calls for “world-class” universities

The PIE News

The Chinese government should raise international student fees in line with popular student destinations like the US and UK, researchers have recommended, as president Xi calls for more investment in China’s higher education system. He reportedly said the development of world-class universities should be prioritised.