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19 March

Academics fight Birmingham’s plan to cut time for research

19 March

US computer science graduates outperform global rivals in tests

By Simon Baker

19 March

The Brexit failings cast a long shadow on universities’ relationship with Europe

Deep political division suggests that post-Brexit negotiations around research collaboration and talent mobility with the EU will drag on, says Chris Husbands

By Chris Husbands

19 March

Court to rule on release of Monsanto meeting transcript

18 March

Attainment versus grade inflation: which students are caught in the middle?

18 March

A new way of defining excellence in higher education

Too often, the life-changing work of less prestigious universities goes overlooked. THE’s University Impact Rankings aim to change that, says Phil Baty

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China Universities Forum

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US universities resisting reform in wake of admissions scandal

19 March

US computer science graduates outperform global rivals in tests

By Simon Baker

19 March

Trump reforms aim to hold down student loan debt

18 March

Court to rule on release of Monsanto meeting transcript

18 March

The Brexit failings cast a long shadow on universities’ relationship with Europe

By Chris Husbands

19 March

Academics fight Birmingham’s plan to cut time for research

19 March

Students in poorer areas ‘don’t see universities’ online adverts’

By Rachael Pells

18 March

German deal could allow CEU to stay in Hungary

By Anna McKie

17 March

KAIST passes on founding favour by establishing Kenyan university

By Ellie Bothwell

15 March

Sri Lankan universities must listen to the student voice

By Janadari Wijesinghe

14 March

China: lure of homeland ‘no simple choice’ for expat academics

11 March

Australia and Asia: the academic foreign exchange

28 February

Funding cuts leave Australia’s research infrastructure ‘lagging’

18 March

Australians ‘recognise importance’ of international students

17 March

Academics among victims of Christchurch mosque attacks

17 March

Lax PhD entry requirements need reform, says study

13 March

News

Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer, centre, is questioned by reporters as he leaves the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on March 12, 2019.

US universities resisting reform in wake of admissions scandal

Public mesmerised by arrests for cheating to gain elite enrolment, but major reforms seen unlikely

19 March

Amber Scott as Cinderella on midnight as The Australian Ballet Company present Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella at The Coliseum Theatre on July 20, 2016 in London, England.

Academics fight Birmingham’s plan to cut time for research

College of Arts and Law tells scholars to spend more time on grant applications as quality-related funding dwindles

19 March

US computer science graduates outperform global rivals in tests

Cross-national study compared final-year undergraduates in US, India, China and Russia

By Simon Baker

19 March

Trump reforms aim to hold down student loan debt

18 March

Students in poorer areas ‘don’t see universities’ online adverts’

By Rachael Pells

18 March

Court to rule on release of Monsanto meeting transcript

18 March

Funding cuts leave Australia’s research infrastructure ‘lagging’

18 March

Australians ‘recognise importance’ of international students

17 March

Academics among victims of Christchurch mosque attacks

17 March

German deal could allow CEU to stay in Hungary

By Anna McKie

17 March

UK international student strategy sets 600K recruitment target

By John Morgan

16 March

Paul Gilroy: is the academy taking race seriously at last?

By Matthew Reisz

15 March

Academic freedom: why do protections not apply to university leaders?

As universities become ever more wary of negative publicity, leaders who speak out on contentious issues are increasingly finding themselves in hot water. Ellie Bothwell reports

14 March

P-p-pick up a penguin: Life as an active field biologist

Understanding animal behaviour presents many challenges in the field. Matthew Reisz meets Rory Wilson, a biologist who has won awards for his innovative methods of tracking everything from albatrosses to sloths

How to equip graduates for the future

In a rapidly changing world, is a broader approach to the university curriculum needed to develop the critical thinking and creativity increasingly sought after by employers, Anna McKie asks

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Opinion

By Chris Husbands

The Brexit failings cast a long shadow on universities’ relationship with Europe

Deep political division suggests that post-Brexit negotiations around research collaboration and talent mobility with the EU will drag on, says Chris Husbands

19 March

Attainment versus grade inflation: which students are caught in the middle?

Sal Jarvis identifies the catch-22 universities can find themselves in as they aim to widen participation and tackle grade inflation

How to market your humanities PhDs to employers

The advice offered to PhD students by career diversity programmes often isn’t picked up by faculty members. Here Alfredo Cumerma proposes three tools faculty can use to make their students more visible to employers

Universities are more prepared for a Brexit fallout than they might think

By Alex de Ruyter

16 March

London’s high earners are poorer than graduate professionals in regions

By Charlie Ball

15 March

We must make sure care leavers are supported to succeed at UK universities

By Chris Skidmore

14 March

The Augar review should beware of pandering to political whim

By Graham Galbraith

14 March

World Policy

Sri Lankan universities must listen to the student voice

Academic autonomy is too often used as an excuse to ignore suggestions from students that could improve their education, says Janadari Wijesinghe

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Academia’s grey markets offer rich pickings for the untenured

Marketisation, precarity and global competition have combined to create a vast market for academic ghostwriting, says an anonymous scholar

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Lessons from penguin island

Matthew Reisz meets an expert on tracking the movements of animals which are sometimes fierce and virtually impossible to catch

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