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14 August

Canadian medical schools pressed over shortage of family doctors

13 August

Did Boris Johnson’s ‘science superpower’ plan misfire?

12 August

The Ukraine response should be replicated for all refugee academics

Universities' response to the Russian invasion needs to be embedded in wider policy and practice, says Linda Morrice

By Linda Morrice

13 August

Radical critical openness is the key to a flourishing research culture

12 August

Can UCU get the vote out for a sector-wide UK university strike?

11 August

What will be changing in the Impact Rankings in 2023?

In order to take a deeper look at how universities approach the UN’s SDGs, we are refining and expanding our questions for the THE Impact Rankings 2023.

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By Russell Woodward and Nicola Pattinson

Canadian medical schools pressed over shortage of family doctors

13 August

Schill named Northwestern president after Blank’s withdrawal

By Chris Havergal

12 August

Northeastern’s redrawn doctorate seeks to turbocharge diversity

12 August

Delaware ecologist caught in fish research misconduct net

10 August

Budget deals become ‘curse’ as inflation opens €500 million hole

14 August

Did Boris Johnson’s ‘science superpower’ plan misfire?

12 August

A-level results: cautious university offer-making ‘here to stay’

12 August

Can UCU get the vote out for a sector-wide UK university strike?

11 August

India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air

By Philip Altbach

14 August

Pakistan HEC head faces sector resistance as challenges loom

11 August

More foreign academics report being denied entry to India

10 August

South Asian students show ‘limited’ understanding of plagiarism

8 August

Pandemic impact on female publishing ‘smaller than thought’

11 August

Supervisor’s support ‘crucial’ to novice academics’ well-being

10 August

Australia blocks access to biggest contract cheating websites

5 August

Australian v-c facing assault charges announces resignation

By Chris Havergal

5 August

News

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Budget deals become ‘curse’ as inflation opens €500 million hole

Austrian ministry may push for efficiencies and restructuring as universities vie to have their payroll-driven shortfalls filled in

14 August

Doctors in a meeting symbolising disagreements about healthcare education

Canadian medical schools pressed over shortage of family doctors

Specialisation is revered and rewarded, leaving teaching institutions wondering – even with a promised federal infusion – how to encourage more generalists

13 August

Did Boris Johnson’s ‘science superpower’ plan misfire?

Outgoing prime minister’s pro-science messaging has been ever-present during his time in Downing Street but has he delivered for research? Jack Grove considers his legacy

12 August

Northeastern’s redrawn doctorate seeks to turbocharge diversity

12 August

A-level results: cautious university offer-making ‘here to stay’

12 August

Schill named Northwestern president after Blank’s withdrawal

By Chris Havergal

12 August

Can UCU get the vote out for a sector-wide UK university strike?

11 August

Pandemic impact on female publishing ‘smaller than thought’

11 August

Dissident student: Estonia’s Russian visa ban a ‘death sentence’

11 August

Pakistan HEC head faces sector resistance as challenges loom

11 August

Manchester investigates PhD student’s masturbation paper

10 August

Wellcome to favour funding bids from minority applicants

10 August

Did Boris Johnson’s ‘science superpower’ plan misfire?

Outgoing prime minister’s pro-science messaging has been ever-present during his time in Downing Street but has he delivered for research? Jack Grove considers his legacy

12 August

Has the Martyn Percy affair exposed flaws in the Oxbridge college system?

A bitter feud between the head of one of Oxford’s grandest colleges and its dons made front-page news. As a new, internally recruited vice-chancellor prepares to take office, Jack Grove hears from both the dean at the centre of the dispute and those who are glad to see him gone

University students framed by school bus door

Are US universities doing enough to help schools?

With university set to become a near-universal expectation for high-school graduates, the separate silos in which K12 and higher education have traditionally operated are increasingly being seen as barriers to equity. But what, realistically, can universities do to bridge the great divide? Paul Basken reports

Opinion

By Philip Altbach

India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air

But affordability holds these non-profit innovators back from fully competing with top public institutions, say Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews

14 August

The Ukraine response should be replicated for all refugee academics

Universities' response to the Russian invasion needs to be embedded in wider policy and practice, says Linda Morrice

Radical critical openness is the key to a flourishing research culture

Unbounded discussions develop the critical but playful thinking that allows people to safely challenge and be challenged, says Lee Cronin

Engineering schools are riddled with issues – reinvention is required

By David Poole

10 August

USS may be able to cut contributions, enhance benefits – or both

By Bill Galvin

11 August

Business schools’ societal impact aspirations are a joke

By Carl Rhodes

9 August

Transformative agreements are not the key to open access

By Kathleen Shearer

9 August

World policy

India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air

But affordability holds these non-profit innovators back from fully competing with top public institutions, say Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews

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Being measured and judged alongside friends and colleagues was too much

Goldsmiths’ reduction of people to expendable costs corrodes the necessary conditions for learning. I’m leaving, says Les Back

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Boys playing on bus shelter on run down council estate; Bradford UK to illustrate social mobility

Who should drive the engine of social mobility?

There will always be a political temptation to charge universities with improving a school system that leaves some students underprepared

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Talking leadership

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Talking leadership 37: Barney Glover on maintaining a community focus

The Western Sydney University vice-chancellor says sustainability is a hallmark of his institution, including its high-rise campuses

2 August

Joël Mesot: having a fruitful dialogue with society

ETH Zurich president discusses building public trust in science, supporting apprenticeship schemes and a downside of Einstein’s legacy

By Rosa Ellis

26 July

Susan Lea: creating a financially sustainable university

The University of Hull vice-chancellor explains how she simultaneously reduced costs and improved academic performance at the formerly under-threat institution

By Ellie Bothwell

19 July

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