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Democracy 30 September 2025 Education voices | Promoting academic freedom in the Philippines
Raymond D. Basilio
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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Standards and working conditions 29 September 2025 Education voices | Collective union action in defence of collegial governance
Sinéad Kennedy
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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Standards and working conditions 24 September 2025 Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research
David Robinson
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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Standards and working conditions 13 August 2025 Education Voices | How persistent solidarity secured a historic win on pensions for higher education workers in the UK
Jo Grady
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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Standards and working conditions 31 July 2025 Education voices | Rising against the drive to commercialise higher education in Fiji
Rosalia Fatiaki
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2025 Canada: Quebec’s Premier must “backtrack” and fully fund higher education
In Canada, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and its federations in the college system are denouncing cuts of 150 million Canadian dollars (around 96 million euros) by 2025-2026 and are calling on Premier François Legault to restore funding for the CEGEPs, the public education institutions where the first...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 March 2025 Serbia: Union organizing results in more funding, lower tuition fees, and fairer salaries in higher education
In a landmark move, Serbia has announced significant reforms to its higher education system, promising a brighter future for both educators and students. These changes, hailed as a victory for teacher unions and student activists, mark a pivotal moment in the country's educational landscape.
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Standards and working conditions 24 February 2025 Fired for speaking up against a dictatorial Vice Chancellor
Tamara Osborne-Naikatini
Working as a Biology lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has always been a labour of love for me. Spread over thousands of kilometers of oceanic expanse and hundreds of lush tropical islands, spanning twelve countries in the (generally) South Pacific region, the university’s domain is truly...
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Standards and working conditions 12 February 2025 Nordic academic freedom under threat
Jon W. Iddeng
All democratic societies rely on facts and scientific evidence for societal decision-making. Academic freedom ensures that researchers and educators at universities can provide this evidence. These institutions have a special responsibility to meet society's need for basic, curiosity-driven research, to maintain a broad knowledge readiness, and to serve as a...
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Standards and working conditions 7 February 2025 Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America
David Robinson
To fulfil their mission of preserving, sharing, and advancing knowledge, higher education institutions must ensure that academic staff enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom isn’t a special perk or privilege. Rather, it’s a necessary condition for the job. It is a professional and contractual right ensuring that in their teaching, research,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 July 2024 The fight for public education and universities in present-day Argentina
Yamile Socolovsky
Public education in Argentina is under threat from a political agenda that has made its way into the national government and aims to – in the words of President Javier Milei himself – “destroy the state from within”. Arguing that the state is a “criminal organisation” that attacks freedom (of...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 July 2024 Joining forces to protect Higher Education: A stand for democracy and rights
Further and higher education and research are human rights and the responsibility of the State. They require sustainable public funding to fulfill their public mission. This message was loud and clear as the Higher Education Caucus gathered on July 28 to address the pressing challenges confronting the sector.
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Leading the profession 12 July 2024 Against all odds: the union’s victory to elevate the status of college lecturers in Zimbabwe
David Dzatsunga
How does a lecturers’ union influence legislative change and restore the status of its members in a toxic, polarized, and polarising political environment? Through commitment, resilience and indomitable will. This article chronicles the unlikely victory of the College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ) that saw the Government of Zimbabwe enact...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 July 2024 Shifting the burden: How an employer levy could transform Higher Education financing in the UK
Higher education contributes over £70 billion to the United Kingdom's economy. However, despite this significant contribution, the current funding model relies heavily on student debt repayment over up to 40 years, often resulting in government losses.
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Higher education and research NTEU forum: Universities at a turning point
22 May 2024National President of the NTEU Alison Barnes was joined by President of Education International and former Secretary of the Australian Education Union Susan Hopgood, as well as Professor Julian Garritzmann, a political scientist at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and Terri MacDonald from NTEU’s Policy and Research Unit. Topics on...
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Higher education and research Behind the platforms: Safeguarding intellectual property rights and academic freedom in higher education
8 May 2024On May 6 Education International hosted the launch of the study Behind the platforms: Safeguarding intellectual property rights and academic freedom in higher education. The study focuses on potential threats to intellectual property ownership and academic freedom for higher education teachers and researchers caused by the use of edtech platforms.
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Leading the profession 6 May 2024 Are edtech platforms threatening academic freedom and intellectual property rights?
Janja Komljenovic, Ben Williamson
Digital platforms are routinely used in universities to support teaching and learning, but they can also challenge academic freedom and intellectual property (IP) rights. In our new report for Education International, ‘Behind the platforms: Safeguarding intellectual property rights and academic freedom in Higher Education’ , we reviewed the landscape of...
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Standards and working conditions 26 April 2024 Argentina marches for public education
Thousands of people across Argentina rallied in defence of a fundamental pillar of their education system: public universities. Faced with a drastic budget cut of 70 percent and inflation of around 300 percent, the country’s public universities are in serious financial trouble.
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