Yesterday, Donald Trump won the US presidential election. Higher education was overwhelmingly outspoken against the language he used and the things he said during his campaign, so how has the sector reacted to the news? We’ve rounded up some of the reactions from academics and higher education officials around the world: The view from the USA:
Tertiary education has played a huge part in the US Election, but now the results are in how will the decision affect the sector? Education level has been a major divider in this election, much more so than ever before. Back in 2012, for example, Romney secured much of the undergraduate degree vote, but Obama
Despite the increase in applications pre-Brexit, the latest results from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) have revealed a sharp drop in the number of applications from international students within the EU. The data shows that applications coming from elsewhere in the EU for courses with an October deadline (medicine, dentistry and all Oxbridge applications)
Taiwan has announced plans to increase its international student numbers by 30,000 by the year 2019, it has been announced. The latest government policy on higher education is focussing on not only growing local talent, but also forging ties with neighbouring countries and attracting more students. This is all part of the “new southbound policy”,
The UK’s higher education sector was vocal in its support for the remain campaign and, now the referendum results are in and Theresa May looks set on negotiating a “hard Brexit”, a campaign launched over seven years ago is becoming the voice of higher education in the country. We Are International, a campaign started by
By 2020, 15% of tertiary-level students at universities in Ireland should be international, according to the country’s latest higher education strategy. The number of international students already studying in the country will need to grow by one third in order the reach this target. These targets were announced in the latest strategy document, entitled Ireland