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Higher Ed
AUSTRALIA: Study visa grants down nearly a third through April 2024
FRANCE: 412,000 international students hosted in 2022/23, up by 3%
INDIA: Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities 🔒
KENYA: Demand for private university courses almost doubles
PAKISTAN: Med students from Gaza given 100 places at Pakistani unis
SOUTH KOREA: Attracting foreign researchers with easier visa and rules
SPAIN: 33% of students change courses, 12% drop out of university 🔒
UNITED KINGDOM: Unis valued more than parliament and BBC, finds survey
UNITED STATES: Reinstating SAT/ACT will exacerbate racial inequality
WORLD: Growing calls for increased regulation of education agents
Digital marketing
ADVERTISING: Today’s ads celebrate self-expression and community
APPS: What Threads could learn from other social networks
MARKETING: How to optimize marketing and productivity with AI
SEO: Topical authority is very important for Google ranking
SOCIAL: AI versions of Instagram creators that can chat with fans
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PROGRAMMES: English-taught degrees rise by 22% from 2021 to 2024
RECRUITMENT: Data-driven strategies for private HE institutions 🔒
RESEARCH: At least 10% of research may already be co-authored by AI 🔒
RESEARCH: Women are 41% of researchers worldwide, up from 28% in 2001
TECHNOLOGY: Scientists develop algorithm to spot AI hallucinations
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