An article published in
Geographical Research examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted international higher education and the mobility of students around the globe, noting that universities face the urgent task of reimagining alternative futures for themselves.
While much hope is invested in vaccines, travel restrictions and health concerns may continue to hamper student mobility and encourage more remote learning. New study destinations, different modes of study, and partnerships with technology providers can be anticipated.
With these changes, regulatory and ethical oversight will be required. Policymakers and university leaders must look beyond goals of revenue generation and education exports. A commitment to student learning and wellbeing is overdue, said corresponding author Ravinder Sidhu, PhD, of the University of Queensland, in Australia. The pandemic has revealed the need for more sustainable, ethical, and socially just modes of global higher education.
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Speaking With: Cameron Mcauliffe on Nimbys, Urban Planning and Making Community Consultation Work
Recent changes to planning legislation in New South Wales make community participation plans a mandatory part of the process, in an effort to put consultation at the centre of urban planning.
One of the most common complaints about community involvement in the urban planning process is “NIMBYism” – the “not in my backyard” cry from local residents, which developers and potential residents of medium-to-high-density apartments see as an impediment to healthy urban development and affordable housing.
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FILE - In this Thursday, July 12, 2018 file photo, an algae bloom appears on the Caloosahatchee River at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam in Alva, Fla. A study released on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, shows Americaâs rivers are changing color, mostly because of what people are doing. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
America’s rivers are changing color and people are behind many of the shifts, a new study said. One-third of the tens of thousands of mile-long river segments in the United States have noticeably shifted color in satellite images since 1984. That includes 11,629 miles that became greener, or went toward the violet end of the color spectrum, according to a study in this week’s journal Geographical Research Letters. Some river segments became more red. Only about 5% of U.S. river mileage is considered blue a color often equated with pristine waters by the general public. About two-thirds of American rivers are yellow, which signals they have lots of so