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Celebrating the life of an American college student who was detained in North Korea for over a year and died shortly after returning home in a coma, a packed crowd of mourners gathered last Thursday as Otto Warmbier's loved ones shared stories about his affinity for hugs, thrift-store clothes-shopping and little-known rap music, writes Dake Kang for Associated Press. More...
The Zimbabwean government is seeking the release and extradition of three Zimbabwean students who are being held in prison in northern Cyprus for drug trafficking, reports Zimeye. More...The University of Cambridge has refused a request by an Australian man to return important Aboriginal artifacts taken by British explorer Captain James Cook nearly 250 years ago, writes Harry Pearl for Reuters. More...The Confederation of Chilean Students held a march on 21 June to reject and oppose the proposed reforms to higher education offered by the government, continuing the movement for universal higher education in Chile, reports TeleSUR. More...Dutch universities Eindhoven, Enschede and Wageningen are each putting €1.5 million (US$1.6 million) into a €75 million investment fund, Innovation Industries, which will help finance projects stemming from their own R&D programmes, reports Dutch News. More...A key finding of the Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education is a heavy dependence on overseas donors by South African higher education. While comprising only 7% of supporters, they contribute more than half (52%) of philanthropic income for local universities, reports BizCommunity. More...Although diversifying the makeup of student bodies has been a major effort on college campuses in recent years, when it comes to the college president’s office, there has been little change: a new national survey has found that the typical college president continues to be a white man in his early 60s, writes David W Chen for The New York Times. More...Academics in Crewe are waiting in limbo. The campus, which is run by Manchester Metropolitan University, is the main centre for higher education in south Cheshire. But in February it was confirmed it would close in the summer of 2019, with 160 academic jobs at risk, and last week those academics were planning to stage a two-day walkout in protest. Welcome to life at the sharp end of the market revolution in English higher education, writes Rebecca Ratcliffe for the Guardian. More...The ministry of higher education and scientific research has allocated TND2.5 million (US$1 million) over four years to support academic efforts to better understand the roots of radicalisation in young people, and how to combat it. Four research projects have been selected for support under the initiative – one in the humanities and social sciences, and three in engineering and technology, writes Khaoula Sliti for Al-Fanar. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
