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Lula’s Return and the Future of Brazilian Higher Education

It’s been quite a big few weeks for elections around the world. The US midterms on Tuesday, of course, as well as the election in Israel last week, and in Serbia, where a student movement-backed and coordinated movement actually ousted the Serbian Radical Party from power. Another big election played out in Brazil, where President Lula da Silva staged an unlikely comeback on October 25th after losing the first round of voting three weeks earlier, and students in particular played

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November 5, 2026 No Comments

The Fifteen: October 23, 2026

Hi all. A big one this week, with education-related protests in at least half a dozen countries. Let’s get started. That’s all for now. The blog is off next week – we’ll see you back here on November 13 for the next edition of the Fifteen.

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October 23, 2026 No Comments

Inside Italian Higher Education: Excellence, Affordability and Change

This podcast basically comes in three flavours. In one, we interview authors of new and interesting books. In the second, we talk about current events in one country or another. And in the third, we talk about specific countries’ higher education systems and what makes them interesting and/or distinctive. In the early days of the podcast, we used to do a lot more of number three, but we haven’t lately because, well, we managed to cover most of the world

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October 22, 2026 No Comments

New Zealand’s Higher Education Crossroads

As I think I’ve mentioned before, New Zealand has one of the most fascinating higher education policy scenes anywhere in the world. Hardly a year goes by where they aren’t making huge changes to research policy, tuition fees, student aid, or international student rules. Must be exhausting to live there. In any event, all this policy hyperactivity means this podcast often returns to New Zealand to see exactly what’s going on. And with the election coming up next month, we

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October 15, 2026 No Comments

The Fifteen: October 9, 2026

Hi all. A big, big fortnight in higher education: unprecedented private financial commitments in Pittsburgh, unprecedented public investments in Jakarta, huge demonstrations in Paris, big ambitions in Hanoi, and significant policy changes out of Beijing. Hop on board for the quick tour! That’s all for now – see you back here in two weeks!

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October 9, 2026 No Comments
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