According to US Embassy figures, 4,727 Singaporeans were enrolled in education institutions in the United States last year – a 3% increase over the previous year and the highest figure in 10 years, writes Sandra Davie for The Straits Times. Read more...

Addis Ababa University said it is applying the ‘publish or perish’ principle to scale up competitive and problem-solving research as the university discussed its five-year strategic plan with scholars and different stakeholders, reports Henok Tibebu for The Ethiopian Herald. Read more...

Fritz Steiner, long-time dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s renowned architecture school, is leaving his post, spurred by the arrival of something else on the university’s sprawling campus: guns, writes Amy X Wang for Quartz. Read more...

Iran has moved swiftly to set up higher education collaborations with leading European universities following the country’s landmark nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions, writes Chris Havergal for Times Higher Education. Read more...

Facebook will team up with European universities to help it advance artificial intelligence research, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an event in Berlin, writes Danielle Muoio for Tech Insider. Read more...

Fed up with their country's politicians, Italian scientists have launched a national debate about the dire state of their country’s research system. They want the government to reverse years of budget cuts and prevent increasing numbers of researchers moving overseas for work, writes Edwin Cartlidge for Science. Read more...

If there is one thing that animates university students the world over, it’s rising tuition and fees. So, when asked about the potential for increased tuition or fees the new rector of the public Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Enrique Luis Graue Wiechers, wanted to be clear: “The fees won’t be changed”, writes Megan Carpentier for the Guardian. Read more...

By Nic Mitchell. A new university-based initiative supported by the Chinese and United Kingdom governments is stimulating collaborative research and innovation between businesses in both countries. Read more...

By Nic Mitchell. A senior Swiss academic has called on United Kingdom vice-chancellors "to get out on the streets" and convince young British voters of the value of continued membership of the European Union, or EU. Read more...

By Nic Mitchell. There are now as many German students coming to study in British universities as Indian students, a conference in London was told last week. Read more...