Canada is a major agricultural production country and plays an important role in the global agricultural market. However, in order to ensure it remains sustainable, the Canadian Space Agency issued a joint Announcement of Opportunity with its long-time partner Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to address the perceived gap or future need for RADARSAT agriculture applications, reports the Canadian Space Agency. More...

The growth of third-party pathway providers – and of the private capital behind many of them – has helped to create a more competitive and commercialised landscape for recruiting international students, writes Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed. More...

An intellectual property rights expert, Tolulope Adekola, said the lack of proper research work was one of the reasons for the low rating of Nigerian universities in the world, reports Vanguard. More...

Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain classes are in high demand at academic institutions around the world, from Chicago to Brazil and even North Korea, in fact, so much so that academics fear they might lead to a turf war between computer science, economics, law, accounting, finance departments and business schools, writes Avi Mizrahi for Bitcoin. More...

Dozens of lawmakers are urging United States Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to launch an investigation into possible attempts by Chinese organisations to steal research and technology from US universities, writes Benjamin Wermund for Politic. More...

Norway’s parliament has passed a bill banning clothing that partially or fully covers the face from being worn at educational institutions – the bill applies to students and teachers alike, as well as to staff at daycare centres, reports The Local. More...

The Council of University Presidents of Thailand has set up three committees to improve the Thai University Central Admission System for the next academic year, according to its president, Suchatvee Suwansawat, reports The Nation. More...

By Teghan Simonton, The Chronicle of Higher Education. This semester, Elissa Steglich’s law students handled two cases of immigrant mothers seeking asylum in the United States, both separated from their young children in the process. One of the children was 18 months’ old. More...

By Roger Chao Jr. Last week’s University World News commentary highlighting New Zealand universities suffering under free tuition regimes highlights a lack of understanding by national governments about the public nature of higher education and the multiple benefits of access to quality higher education to national, regional and global sustainable development. More...

By Michaela Martin and Pedro Henriquez Guajardo. Enrolments in higher education in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) region have increased from 1.8 million students at the beginning of the 1970s to 24 million in 2015. According to estimates, the participation rate in the region is currently around 48% on average, but there are major differences in participation across the LAC countries. More...