France serves up €1 meals to all university students in effort to cut hardship

Ministers take action after survey shows almost half of students had gone without food for financial reasons

The Guardian

'Scapegoating': Staff, students and politicians back ANU interim leader
By Adam Shirley

A group of politicians, unionists, students and staff come together to support the Australian National University's interim leader, expressing concerns she is being scapegoated for existing turmoil within the embattled institution.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/act-support-anu-interim-vice-chancellor-rebekah-brown/106643666

#Universities #HigherEducation #AdamShirley

'Scapegoating': Staff, students and politicians back ANU interim leader

A group of politicians, unionists, students and staff come together to support the Australian National University's interim leader, expressing concerns she is being scapegoated for existing turmoil within the embattled institution.

Africa: The Past and Future(s) of the Postcolonial University: [African Arguments] In Femi Kayode's thriller Lightseekers (2021) the protagonist Philip Taiwo investigates the brutal murder of three students in the fictional university town of Okriki in the Niger Delta. Woven into the plot are aspects that shape the everyday life of many universities in Africa's most populous country: strikes,… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSN2WM #Africa #PostcolonialUniversity #HigherEducation #NigerDelta #Corruption
There are state-based non-profit student loan lenders in Texas, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island that often offer lower rates than national private lenders. They borrow at tax-free municipal rates and pass savings on to in-state borrowers. Worth comparing before defaulting to a big-name private loan. https://thecollegeinvestor.com/43604/private-non-profit-student-loan-providers/
#StudentLoans #HigherEducation #PersonalFinance
State Based Non-Profit Student Loan Lenders

Private non-profit student loan providers offer lower interest rates and fees. But where can you find them? Here are the state non-profit student loan providers.

The College Investor

University without walls is no longer a concept, but a lived reality.
Our Ukrainian–Australian autoethnographic study explores how universities persist beyond territory, and why authorial voice matters in academic writing.

https://doi.org/10.21511/gg.07(1).2026.05

#HigherEducation #Autoethnography #OpenScience

Breaking: CIT CEO misled board over TAFE misconduct investigation, inquiry finds
By Monte Bovill

An inquiry into the recruitment of CIT chief executive Margot McNeill finds she actively misled the institute's board by denying that there was a finding of misconduct made against her at TAFE New South Wales.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/cit-ceo-recruitment-inquiry-disclose-misconduct-investigation/106639800

#VocationalEducationandTraining #HigherEducation #MonteBovill

Breaking: CIT CEO misled board over TAFE misconduct investigation, inquiry finds

An inquiry into the recruitment of CIT chief executive Margot McNeill finds she actively misled the institute's board by denying that there was a finding of misconduct made against her at TAFE New South Wales.

Final week of our Python course for Plant Sciences Master’s students 🌱🐍🖥️
Covered fundamentals (data types, control flow), file handling, and modules, plus discussed the risks and benefits of AI in scientific research.

🔗 https://github.com/bpucker/PyBo

#Python #PlantScience #Bioinformatics #DataScience #HigherEducation
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@samnm

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – May 2026

Welcome to the latest edition of the Australasian OEP Digest. Subscribe to receive all the latest news straight to your inbox every month! #OEPSIG #OER #OEP #OpenEducation #AustralasianOER #AustralianOER #NewZealandOER #AotearoaOER #AustraliOER #AotearOER #OEPDigest #ASCILITE #OpenTextbooks #HigherEducation #Libraries #HigherEd #OpenPedagogy

https://oepoz.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/open-educational-practice-oep-digest-may-2026/

Open Educational Practice (OEP) Digest – May 2026

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