It was a pleasure to host the senior leadership team from the University of Johannesburg at CGHE today. We were also delighted to host Prof Letlokwa Mpedi's public lecture on Pan-African collaboration, prompting valuable discussions on access, digital inclusion and the future of higher education.
📢 Call for Proposals | CGHE 12th Annual Conference 2027 We're inviting proposals for panels, roundtables and other interactive sessions exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI, data and digital transformation in higher education. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 September ➡️ More info: tinyurl.com/y565j85m
We're delighted to welcome the senior leadership team from the University of Johannesburg for a visit on 28 July, focused on deepening collaboration in higher education research, policy and practice. 🌏 ➡️Find out more info here if you'd like to join us: lnkd.in/dk2U7DVm
⚖️ How can higher education contribute to both social justice and ecological justice? Join us next Tuesday 30 June at 2pm for our final webinar this academic year with Melanie Walker (University of the Free State). Register: tinyurl.com/k4dnrbr8
What does real transformation in higher education look like? Looking forward to the next Tuesday's webinar on "When Change Isn't Change: Rethinking Transformation in African Higher Education" with Besigye Bazirake, PhD. ➡️ Register to attend: shorturl.at/1OsMq
Next week's webinars: 📍 16 June – (Un)making the Engaged African University: Rethinking Community Engagement through History and Lived Experience in South Africa Register: shorturl.at/ht4M6 📍 18 June – The Hidden Cost of Equity Work: Labour, Risk, and Sustainability Register: shorturl.at/48GdG
Next week's webinars: 📚The Land of Milk and Honey? Reflections on Fair Access to HE in Scotland and Considerations for the Rest of the UK lnkd.in/dqYZZaxR 🌍Eurocentric African Higher Education? Students, Academic Freedom, Constraints, and the Coloniality of Youth lnkd.in/dE6hz7if
📢 Next week we launch a new CGHE webinar series: Transforming African Higher Education: Access, Engagement, Repair ✅ More about the series: shorturl.at/B5hqZ ➡️ The first webinar is with Papa Kojo Botsio: Do you want to hear more about my survival strategies? Register here: shorturl.at/kNbol
Today's webinar: an important conversation on the politics, histories and futures of higher education internationalisation. 🎙️ Professor Ly Tran 🗓️ Friday 29 May | 2–3pm (UK) 📍 Oxford & MS Teams Register here: shorturl.at/5GXLy
CGHE is running its Postdoctoral Autumn School 2026: How to Write About Higher Education - a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers to develop their academic writing, publication strategies, and engagement with contemporary higher education debates. ➡️ Find out more: shorturl.at/j2gER
Next week's CGHE webinar explores a timely and important question: What roles do aspirations and capabilities play in academic mobilities? Learn more and register here: shorturl.at/SxecJ
CGHE Prof Simon Marginson said that the U.S.' performative displays of hostility to foreign students are reshaping global perceptions and such reputational damage can take years to reverse. ➡️ shorturl.at/IDmQR
U.S. Sees 20% Drop in New International Students
Amid the Trump Administration’s crackdown on foreign-born students, many international scholars are looking elsewhere.
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Interested in how elite institutions shape cultures of overwork, status, and success? Join the upcoming seminar: “Busyness school: The making of an elite in a greedy institution” with Christophe Birolini. 📅 Tuesday, 12 May 🕑 2pm-3pm (UK time) 📍 Hybrid Register here: lnkd.in/e7CQyUiJ
How fair and meaningful are the grades we assign in higher education? 📅 Tuesday, 5 May 🕑 2pm - 3pm (UK time) 📍 Hybrid Find out more/register: shorturl.at/WHMLG
CGHE Director David Mills: “Thank you to everyone who joined our 11th CGHE Conference. “It was great to welcome the SA Minister of HE Buti Manamela who joined us to discuss on the challenges of financing university expansion." Recordings will be released on the the website in the next few weeks.
⏳ Last chance to join us! Online ticket sales for the CGHE Annual Conference close tomorrow. Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of critical conversations on navigating the equity crisis in global higher education. ➡️ Secure your place now: shorturl.at/hAxzN
CGHE Director David Mills and Ariane de Gayardon draw lessons from around the world on funding university education. ➡️ Read the full article: shorturl.at/fUjgo
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David Mills and Ariane de Gayardon draw lessons from around the world on funding university education
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✨ Two webinars next week: 🔹 Rethinking inclusive support for displaced and at-risk scholars (21 Apr) ➡️https://shorturl.at/ILmUg 🔹 Questing for an international higher education hub in Asia: The Hong Kong experience from comparative perspectives (22 Apr) ➡️https://shorturl.at/XDe7G
Join us next week for our weekly webinar on "Surprising Patterns of Changing Productivity Classes. A Longitudinal Study of 320,000 Scientists." 🔗 Learn more and register: shorturl.at/5pgZn
Institutional Logics of Knowledge Exchange via Social Media in the Age of AI: Chinese Academics’ Perspectives 🔍 What we’ll explore: ➡️ How AI is transforming scholarly communication ➡️The role of social media in knowledge dissemination Register here: shorturl.at/da89v
🎓 Reframing Educational Diplomacy in the AI Era How does educational exchange translate into real institutional impact in today’s AI-driven world? 📅 Tues, 24 March ⏰ 14:00 – 15:00 (UK time) 💻 Online (MS Teams) 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/VfJOx
Join us for our upcoming webinar “A Call for Radical Reform: Higher Education for a Sustainable Economy.” 🕑 Tues 10 March, 2pm (UK time) 🤵 Tim Blackman from Open University 📅 Register here or join using the link on the website: shorturl.at/IKBid
📣 Next week's CGHE webinar: Organizational and Personal Responses to Anti-DEI Policy and Action. 🗓 Tuesday 3 March 🕑 2pm online 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/BO3FW
In this session, leading researchers John Aubrey Douglass and Igor Chirikov will present a data-rich model that reveals how different forms of student engagement relate to diverse pathways to success. ➡️ More info shorturl.at/VwWtx
Today's webinar @ 2pm (UK time): How Gendered Safety Concerns Shape South Asian Expatriate Parents’ University Destination Decisions. There’s no need to register in advance - you can join directly using the link below: 🔗 Join: shorturl.at/FNVjm Meeting ID: 386 381 601 099 75 Passcode: VN9gN2R8
📢 Webinar | Dangerous Destinations: How Gendered Safety Concerns Shape South Asian Expatriate Parents’ University Destination Decisions 🗓 Tuesday, 17 February ⏰ 2pm UK time 📍 MS Teams 🔈Anju Mary Paul (New York University Abu Dhabi) 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/lJKKV
📘 Realising the Educational Potential of Mass Higher Education is out now - based on a 7-year international study tracking chemistry & chemical engineering students in England, South Africa, and the US into early careers. ➡️ Read more: shorturl.at/mN5fN
An article by CGHE Prof Simon Marginson, on why “harmony in diversity” offers the only sensible path forward for higher education in today’s global context. ➡️https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20260204084630872
Harmony in diversity: The only future path that makes sense
The Western-dominated era, in general and in higher education, is passing. If we are not to fragment into warring cultures controlled by corporate ove...
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📣Weekly webinar “Here or There? Educational ‘In-Betweenness’ for Prospective International Students in China”. This webinar explores the liminal experiences of prospective international students who defer study abroad and remain in their home countries. ➡️ Register shorturl.at/UWxHW
📑 Higher education and research have expanded rapidly over the past decade, becoming more international while increasingly shaped by political and economic conflict. Download this new book for free: Global Higher Education in Times of Upheaval. shorturl.at/giIYd
