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22 août 2018

Trump visa review poses threat to recruitment of international researchers

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Commentary, Pooja B Vijayakumar says plans to block the granting of work permits to spouses, under the review of United States visa rules ordered by President Donald Trump, will hinder recruitment of international researchers to universities and undermine internationalisation. Anjali Thomas says higher education, being at the centre of social justice issues, needs to consider ways to overcome the different intersecting barriers to access such as gender, social class, race and disability. Catriona Ryan writes that boosting students’ confidence in skills such as essay writing and networking can help students deal with anxiety and enhance their student experience. And Alma Maldonado-Maldonado and Felicitas Acosta applaud women across Latin America for taking action to highlight and counter sexual harassment and other forms of sexism at universities, but concede that the culture of machismo remains entrenched.
   In our World Blog this week, Patrick Blessinger contends that – based on the core principles of rights, learning and democracy – we should embrace a bold vision of higher education in the service of humanity and for the common good.
   In Features, Silvia Richter reports that one of the Japanese government’s key goals in its strategy on science, technology and innovation is to make Japan ‘the most innovation-friendly country in the world’. And Jan Petter Myklebust reports on preliminary proposals arising from the special investigation into the internationalisation of higher education and research in Sweden. More...
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