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

The PIE News

Taiwan’s government watchdog has accused three ministries of failing to protect overseas students from exploitation as the island sets out plans to attract 10,000 more international students over the next four years. Instead, students were forced to work to pay off debts to the institution for tuition and accommodation.

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

The PIE News

US$3,000 in some universities is enough to cater for both tuition fees and living expenses for a year, according to some past students. The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% of all the international students in the country.

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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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German labour market set to ‘attract’ Indians

The PIE News

Around 43,000 Indian students studied at German universities in the winter semester of 2022/23, an increase of 100% in just four years. The latest DAAD conference focused on reconnecting stakeholders from India and Germany to propel new ideas for academic cooperation and augment the Indo-German Higher Education network.

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Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril. What can we do?

University Business

The world of higher education was shocked when Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the former president of Stanford University, stepped down after an independent review found his published research fell short of “scientific rigor and process” and was mired with flaws and manipulated data. appeared first on University Business.

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China bans students from enrolling in foreign online colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Image: China’s Ministry of Education will no longer recognize online degrees from overseas colleges, per a Jan. The action was necessary to “maintain educational equity,” according to the statement. universities to provide online degrees in China,” Jenny J. but also in opportunities for U.S.

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Aus: sector “clean-up” good for reputation

The PIE News

The event came days after Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk led an education delegation from the state to meet with Chinese counterparts. As well as university leaders from Queensland, Griffith, James Cook, Bond and Queensland University of Technology, TAFE Queensland International general manager Russell Mckay joined the trip.