The University of California's recent announcement that it had pulled US$200 million out of coal and oil sands investments may be one of the most powerful divestments yet – but not because it'll hurt fossil fuel companies' bottom line, writes Lydia O’Connor for The Huffington Post. Read more...

Mexico's Universidad de las Américas Puebla reportedly became the first institution in Latin America to welcome bitcoin on campus last month, after a coffee shop began accepting payments in the cryptocurrency. Read more...

The University of Copenhagen has asked the Danish government for permission to create extra student spaces for refugees and migrants arriving in the country. The university wants to provide an education to refugees who receive a temporary residence permit and those who are having their applications processed, reports The Local. Read more...

Canadian universities are ramping up efforts to help Syrian refugees reach a safe haven here, but many are using existing programmes rather than looking to a private sponsorship programme that has caught Canadians’ imagination, writes Simona Chiose for The Globe and Mail. Read more...

By Karin Goodwin. International education institutions and universities should find new ways of building partnerships with Indian counterparts as opportunities grow for India to receive and teach overseas students, the European Association for International Education, or EAIE conference in Glasgow, Scotland, was told last week. Read more...

By Karin Goodwin. The European Union’s Erasmus+ international staff and student exchange programme will respond to high levels of over-subscription by a modest increase in funding, the European Association for International Education, or EAIE conference heard last week. Read more...

By Karin Goodwin. Higher education professionals need to call ‘Out’ the commodification of their education institutions and universities, Britain’s Baroness Helena Kennedy told delegates at the European Association for International Education, or EAIE conference in Glasgow, Scotland last week. Read more...

By Margaret Andrews. I’m preparing to speak at the Graduate Management Admission Council or GMAC Asia Pacific Conference in November and thought I’d preview one of the topics here to get your reaction and input. Read more...

By Jaana Severidt. Welcoming international students at the start of the semester is definitely one of the highlights of my working year. I feel privileged to be able to provide the opportunity for an international academic experience, a life-changing experience, and to see enthusiastic young people meet at the northernmost university of the European Union, the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. Read more...

By Anthony Welch. Extremism has long been part of higher education. The suppression of Arabic and Jewish scholars in Spain during the 15th century, the Nazi persecution of Jewish and communist intellectuals and the mass murder of scholars in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge, are potent reminders of the tyranny of intolerance. Read more...