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Malaika Marable Serrano shared her insights into the challenges faced by higher education institutions, crucial strategies for fostering inclusivity, and the role of global efforts in promoting equity and inclusion within the academic sphere.

The United Kingdom and Austria have pledged to strengthen their bilateral relationship, focusing on enhancing educational cooperation. This initiative aims to facilitate exchanges between educational and research institutions and emphasizes student exchange programs and vocational training. It coincides with Austria’s significant demographic shift due to international immigration, including a rise in Ukrainian refugees.

Despite the imprisonment of Zholia, Neda, and Manizha, women protesters throughout Afghanistan remain steadfast in their resistance against the Taliban. They have shifted to conducting indoor protests, where they appeal to the international community to hold the Taliban accountable and call for justice.

The recent admissions cycle at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence was highly competitive, with the university receiving over 4,000 applications and admitting just 4.6 percent of applicants. This intake has effectively doubled the student population, now totaling nearly 300 students.

During an event on Aug. 6, Sher Mohammed Abad Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, purportedly called on the education ministry to establish favorable conditions for education to thrive within the country.

Provost Austin Agho announced on July 12 that the grant received by ODU will help promote the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and tenure of women STEM faculty, particularly women of color. The project, “Re-envisioning Inclusive and Sustainable Excellence: Advancing Women in STEM at Old Dominion University,” aims to improve the departmental climate to make it more inclusive. Agho added that the grant is positive news for ODU and its efforts in diversifying faculty.

Countries can use the seven-dimension framework to develop climate-smart education systems tailored to their communities. These dimensions include data and evidence, policy and planning, coordination, finance, infrastructure, teaching and learning, and schools and communities.

Racism is experienced by around 40% of international students in Ireland, with most common reports relating to verbal, indirect, physical, and online forms, a study reveals.

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