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30 Jan 2025

January 2025 news digest

We bring you all the latest IHE sector news and updates in one place, to save you time and keep you updated. As 2025 kicks off, we’re taking note of a variety updates such as Switzerland’s return to the Horizon Europe fold, academic freedom and autonomy concerns in Finland and Sweden, changing African student mobility destinations – and much more.

Is the European horizon now clear for Swiss researchers? (Times Higher Education)

Switzerland’s agreement to join Horizon Europe follows a tumultuous decade in which it was twice excluded from EU research programmes due to political disputes with the European Commission. Can a third exclusion be ruled out? (Times Higher Education subscription required)

African students break away from big four (The Pie)

As part of a market shift away from the big four host countries, international students from Africa are increasingly choosing institutions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia due to affordable tuition fees, lower living costs and higher study visa success rates

Academics say new research law threatens academic freedom in Finland (University World News)

Proposed legislation before Finnish parliament requiring the Research Council of Finland to fund only research aligned with national security and foreign policy has sparked criticism from academics, citing concerns over academic freedom.

Academics wary over centralised approach to security risks in Sweden (University World News)

Swedish academics are skeptical about a proposal to establish a national support structure to ensure that international activities of higher education institutions are conducted without threat to national security.. The proposal, detailed in the December 2024 report National Support Function for Responsible Internationalisation, was published by the UHR, Swedish Research Council and Vinnova.

The Guild's recommendations for fair, simple and sustainable Erasmus+ student grants (The Guild)

The Guild member universities provide recommendations on how the European Commission can make the Erasmus+ student grant system more fair, simple and sustainable – calling for an ambitious budget for the next 2028-2034 programme to make this happen.

Trump's first actions: Screen international students, end DEI initiatives and freeze NIH activities (News Tank)

The American Department of Education announced it will dismantle its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion initiatives. This is the result of several executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in his first week in office. (News Tank subscription required)

China hopes for increased cross-border scientific collaboration (Times Higher Education)

New strategy encourages partnerships between Chinese and foreign universities as US institutions block joint projects. (Times Higher Education subscription required)

US Congress passes Laken Riley Act (The Pie)

The new legislation, which comfortably passed the US House, is on its way to the White House and cold have serious implications for international education. Aimed at enforcing harsher detention policies for undocumented migrants, it contains a provision that strengthens states’ powers to block the issuing of US visas to countries deemed recalcitrant or uncooperative by the new administration.

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