Canada's new "AI for All" strategy aims to expand AI literacy, provide trusted AI tools to post-secondary students, and strengthen the country's AI workforce and infrastructure.
The UK government is tightening visa compliance for universities recruiting international students, introducing stricter performance thresholds and a traffic-light system. The measures respond to visa misuse amid a recent drop in overseas enrolments, which has increased financial pressure on UK universities.
New Zealand will introduce a six-month Short-term Graduate Work Visa and expand Post Study Work Visa eligibility to certain graduate diploma holders from November 2026, strengthening graduate employment pathways.
Japan will require interviews for major alternative university admissions pathways from 2027, reinforcing holistic evaluation beyond examinations amid broader higher education reforms.
China approved over 200 new transnational education partnerships in May 2026 as Beijing expands “internationalisation at home” efforts to reduce overseas study costs and retain billions in education spending domestically.
The DAAD warned that German government funding cuts could end most university cooperation programs with the Global South by 2031, potentially weakening Germany’s global academic influence and talent recruitment efforts.
Nepal’s education ministry has warned students to use only officially licensed education consultancies, while authorities intensify enforcement against fraudulent and unauthorized operators involved in overseas study applications.
Japan’s education ministry is introducing a pilot “domestic study abroad” program encouraging students from Tokyo-area universities to study and work in regional communities as part of broader regional revitalization efforts.
UK universities are urging the government to exempt Chevening scholars from the visa brake policy, warning the restrictions could harm international education, UK soft power, and global leadership partnerships.
China and Russia are rapidly expanding higher education cooperation through new research partnerships, engineering programs, and joint institutes, driven by geopolitical shifts, strategic technologies, and growing alternatives to Western academic collaboration.
