An Indonesian university whose ban on niqab face veils made global headlines has reversed the policy following criticism that it trampled on personal choice, reports AFP. More...The 1996 Dickey Amendment outlawed the use of federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds “to advocate or promote gun control”, after which CDC funding for all research pertaining to gun violence effectively disappeared. Reversing this amendment would be among the most powerful acts that Americans could take to foster effective legislative and administrative change, writes Andrew Hamilton for The Washington Post. More...The world’s most valuable tech giant Google is joining Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to tap into Taiwan’s talent pool to pursue promising developments of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, writes Sophia Yang for Taiwan News. More...Almost half of recent graduates believe they will never be able to pay back their student loan, as experts warn that they would be better off without university, writes Camilla Turner for The Telegraph. More...Universities have received government approval to recruit top academics on salaries of up to €337,000 a year. Under public sector pay rules, salaries for public sector employees in general are capped and individuals may not earn more than €190,000 (US$234,000) per annum. However, universities may seek approval to pay staff in excess of this on a case-by-case basis, write Carl O’Brien and Peter McGuire for The Irish Times. More...Strikes at universities in the United Kingdom are to continue after staff overwhelmingly rejected a revised offer on their pensions, writes Sally Weale for The Guardian. More...Chinese military professors said military medical universities are being encouraged and helped to shift from their previous focus of making profits to putting more emphasis on their important battlefield-oriented duties under sweeping reforms, writes Deng Xiaoci for Global Times. More...During a meeting with the Senate Education Committee it emerged that with the decline in the number of self-sponsored students and the introduction since last year of funding of universities based on courses offered, most of the public higher education institutions are struggling to remain afloat, writes Ouma Wanzala for Daily Nation. More...The Central European University, which has been involved in a spat with the Hungarian government, said last week that it was in negotiations to open a campus in Vienna, writes Maxime Schlee for Politico. More...Despite continued protests by opposition parties, the Sindh government passed a law on 9 March to transfer control of public universities and degree-awarding institutions from the governor to the chief minister, writes Hafeez Tunio for The Express Tribune. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
