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Niger’s military government is insisting it has maintained higher education services despite international sanctions imposed on the west African country since the coup d’état of last July (2023). This has ruptured relations with western and some neighbouring countries, prompting concerns that Nigerien students might struggle to continue their studies abroad.…

As the world’s employment markets are shifting towards jobs that promote sustainability, prompted by concerns about limiting potential runaway climate change, higher education institutions are being encouraged to integrate green skills into curricula.
With major corporations within the European Union (EU) already required to submit sustainability reports on their exposure to and their impact on climate change and sustainability, and other jurisdictions to follow suit, demand for so-called ‘green jobs’ is rising.…

Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country by land area, is preparing to use its abundant natural resources and major renewable energy sector to become the world’s largest producer of green hydrogen (H2V). However, with several challenges to overcome, its likely success is tough to predict, say local experts.…

When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

Britain’s new Labour government has launched a National Wealth Fund (NWF), making good on a manifesto promise, although the new institution is – as the Treasury has admitted, a supercharged UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB), not a new institution.

Rather, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced on October 14 that UKIB would become the NWF, with the same board, chair and CEO – John Flint, the former CEO of HSBC.…

Academics attending an International Association of Universities (IAU) webinar on ‘Rethinking education for a more sustainable world’ have called for more activism in higher education design and operations to orientate its research and learning towards a healthier planet.

Environmental specialist Professor Stephen Sterling, of the UK’s University of Plymouth, criticised the contribution made by HE in promoting sustainability, saying it was too little and too late, arguing that its continued focus on promoting growth caused problems.…

Legal professions worldwide continue to push against being integrated within comprehensive AML/CFT/CFP systems, with their firms arguing that conducting CDD/KYC and reporting STRs undermines client confidentiality, a cornerstone of practising law.

FATF’s recommendations allow governments significant flexibility on when lawyers should report suspicious transactions, contrasting with tougher requirements for bankers, payment service companies, and non-financial professions such as accountants.…

Australia has long been a laggard in AML/CFT, despite being a leading developed democracy – but its current Labor government has finally bitten the bullet on reform.

In September, it proposed an Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Amendment Bill 2024 (1).…

European Union (EU) member states are failing to implement mandatory sustainability reporting rules imposed by the EU’s corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), the European Commission has concluded. It has opened infringement procedures against 17 of the 27 EU countries saying they have failed to properly write the directive into their national legislation: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain.…

The October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, and Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, have hit the country’s higher educational sector hard, with roughly a quarter of all students, as well as faculty, called up to the armed forces, while budget cuts are expected as more money is allocated to the military.…