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Should the use of Gen AI be banned among younger students in schools?

For the first time, the Australian government has exercised its powers to cancel an entire course

In late 2025, the Australian Parliament passed a package of legislative amendments extending new oversight and regulatory powers to government ministries and agencies, and setting the stage for additional regulation of the country’s international education sector via the National Code of Practice fo...

Netherlands: Government-commissioned research finds that international students contribute much more than the public cost of hosting them

The Dutch government’s economic policy analysis bureau, CPB, has conducted research that shows that international students represent a net positive economic benefit. Foreign students are increasingly staying in the Netherlands after graduating, and CPB says the tax they pay within the Dutch economy...

Korean government introduces new quality controls for universities and agents

South Korea met its goal of hosting 300,000 international students by 2027 in mid-2025, two years early, and by February 2026, foreign enrolments stood at 314,000. That kind of volume tends to usher in a next phase of internationalisation in major destinations, one where the focus moves from quantit...

Cybersecurity courses: Despite great promise, first job remains elusive

Cybersecurity jobs can involve analysing alerts, investigating suspicious activity, following incident-response procedures, and handling sensitive information. These are reasons why employers ask for previous experience even in jobs described as entry-level.

Education is key to preventing underage driving

Education on road safety should not be reduced to an occasional assembly, poster-making competition or annual awareness week. It must be taught progressively as an essential life skill and a part of citizenship education

Why India’s schools should take note of New York’s AI ban

Such a change can create better outcomes in schools. But it will only solve one part of the problem — devices in schools

Going beyond language proficiency to help students become confident communicators

The strongest communication skills develop in classrooms where children are encouraged to speak, question, be heard, express themselves, and get things wrong

Indian-origin couple gifts $20 million to American university for focus on AI, advanced analytics

The University of North Texas will name the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, creating an academic hub for the development and responsible use of AI

The ecosystem divide: why Indian bright minds thrive abroad but stall at home

India currently funds only around 2,500 postdoctoral positions nationally—so few that an estimated 95% of Indian postdocs leave for the U.S., U.K., or Germany, where fellowships pay multiples of what’s on offer at home

Bring PG accommodation under a Board, bar politicians from the business

Ownership of every such facility must be disclosed in the public domain, and allocation must be transparent by merit or lottery

The Hidden Curriculum First-Gen Students Face

The Hidden Curriculum First-Gen Students Face Joshua.Bay Thu, 09/10/2026 - 03:00 AM In this week’s Voices of Student Success episode, University of Houston–Downtown’s Hope Pacheco discusses what first-gen students need to navigate college, find support and persist. Byline(s) Joshua Bay