University Updates

Strengthening Digital Skills for Future and Current Water Supply Professionals
In every field of construction engineering, including the critically important area of water supply, digital skills are becoming increasingly essential. By enhancing its study content, Riga Technical University (RTU) is offering both students and industry professionals the opportunity to acquire…
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AI can help HE assess research more efficiently – Report
National guidelines and regulations are needed on the use of generative AI (GenAI) by universities in the United Kingdom to assess the quality of research for the allocation of public funding, found a study published on 1 December.Measures must also…
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Wales stands firm against international fee levy, minister says
During a visit to the University of South Wales’s (USW) Pontypridd campus, Wales’s minister for further and higher education Vikki Howells reaffirmed that the country will not introduce the levy – details of which were set out in last week’s…
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Europe plays catch-up with larger budget for space agency
An unprecedented 30% budgetary increase, motivated by geopolitics and an increased focus on defence, has buoyed the European Space Agency (ESA), giving some hope of enabling Europe – together with some non-European members such as Canada – to begin to…
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Study visa applications to NZ dip, approval rate jumps nearly 7%
According to data highlighted by Immigration New Zealand (INZ), the government agency responsible for managing the country’s immigration system, the first 10 months of 2025 saw 55,251 study visa applications, down from 58,361 in the same period last year.However, approval…
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