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UAE seeks ‘global innovation centre’ status in strategy

The PIE News

The UAE’s ministry of education has released an innovation strategy in an attempt to promote “the development of creative ideas and capabilities”. How this will be achieved, or what will be included in the infrastructure, has yet to be announced. “We

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Cultivating global learner ownership from high school to higher education

The PIE News

This can range from using STEM skills to create solutions for issues around climate change, in the fields of medicine and engineering, or in the productive use of artificial intelligence – to the societal and economic challenges of a globalised society, where world conflict and economic distress can be felt across borders.

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Russia: int’l student numbers ‘grow’ despite war

The PIE News

About 400,000 foreign students study at Russian universities currently attracted by among other things affordable fees, plus over 1,200 programs in Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Humanities taught in Russian, English or French, Asya Manvelyan, student services manager – department of Middle East and Southern Africa at Racus, said.

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Greece gears up for international education boom

The PIE News

Christos Michalakelis, the project manager and president of Study in Greece – whose members now consist of all 24 public universities in Greece – spoke with The PIE News about what’s coming next for Greece’s international education sector. Students were turning up to consulates asking for information,” Michalakelis noted. .

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Turkey: TDU backs students affected by quake

The PIE News

The institution, which officially opened in 2014 and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research via the DAAD, has confirmed the scholarships for current students. Bachmann also praised the togetherness of the Turkish higher education system in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

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Ukraine faces an academic crisis (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

According to the Ukrainian government, 70 percent of its population has secondary or higher education. Ukraine's education system heavily focuses on the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. As a result, Ukraine has some of the world's best engineers, computer scientists and information technicians.

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Responsibilities and gatekeeping in using language certificates for HE admission

SRHE

And is now studying electrical engineering.” Our interview partners included staff of HE institutions as well as preparatory colleges that have to decide about admission to study preparation courses for international students. . […] And I don’t know why, I looked her in the eye, and she wanted to. So really, as a prime example.