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QS Reimagine Education Awards & Conference 2024 | Post-event report 
The 2024 QS Reimagine Education Awards & Conference brought together world-leading educators and innovators together to explore the latest in four tracks:  The role of higher education in a changing...
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QS Insights Magazine – January 2025
This edition of QS Insights Magazine is called “Minds in Motion 2025”, and looks back on some of our favourite profiles from 2024. Inside we have leaders and innovators who...
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QS Insight Magazine features essays by and interviews with higher education leaders and global employers, as well as in-depth analysis of the rankings and articles on the latest hot topics in higher education.

In the latest QS Insights Magazine, we explore how universities are able to maintain their commitment to uplifting the community in the face of anti-DEI sentiment. Other stories featured in the edition delve into the challenges of research funding, what Gen Alpha is looking for in their higher ed journey, as well as how universities are helping cities and regions transform into knowledge economies. 

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