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Mariupol State University: The Invincible University

On February 24th, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an unprovoked full-scale invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine. In an instant, the entire country became a battlefield. We all remember the names of the cities and towns that came under attack in those early months of the war. Irpin. Bucha. Kharkiv. Kherson. And, more than anywhere else: Mariupol. Twenty-six months ago, Mariupol was a town of 425000 people. Historically, it was a city with a peaceful mix of Russian- and Ukrainian speaking

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April 4, 2024 No Comments

“Employability” as a Threat to Universities? Not so Fast.

Every few months, the head of the CGHE in the UK, Dr. Simon Marginson writes a really good think piece and publishes it in University World News. I am not exaggerating when I say these essays set the tone in global higher education discussions for several weeks (and when those weeks are up, he publishes another one—it’s genius). And it’s great that he does this: Simon’s genuinely brilliant and one of only a handful of people out there who genuinely

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April 2, 2024 2 Comments

Australian Universities Accord – One Year Follow Up with Andrew Norton

Hi everyone. I’m Alex Usher and this is The World of Higher Education Podcast When we started this podcast about thirteen months ago, our very first episode was about Australia and what was known as the “Universities Accord”. The Accord wasn’t actually a deal as the name implies: it was essentially a kind of expert-led panel designed to consult widely and deliver a blueprint for Australian higher education for the next quarter-century. It was meant to cover everything: access and attainment,

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March 28, 2024 No Comments

Higher Education in Russia

Higher education systems around the world usually share one thing in common: path-dependency. Once a country’s higher education system finds a groove, it tends to stay there barring any major cataclysm. There’s one exception, though, and it’s a pretty big one: Russia. Over the past century and a bit, Russian universities have gone through a series of convulsions. Starting out as a network of mainly German-style elite universities prior to the first world war, the system was Sovietized and massified

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March 21, 2024 No Comments

England’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement

Hi there. I’m Alex Usher and this is the World of Higher Education podcast. Over the past 25 years few countries have monkeyed around with tuition fees and student loans to the extent that the United Kingdom – or more specifically, England – has done. From free tuition in 1997 to income-tested fees of up to 1000 pounds in 1998, to 3000 pounds in 2006, to an absolutely stonking 9,000 pounds in 2012, England’s public higher education system is arguably the most

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March 14, 2024 No Comments

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