Universities struggle to live up to Japan’s research ambitions
All eyes are on Tohoku University and its grandiose future plans as excellence initiative gets under way, but critics question whether goals are achievable
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Science at risk as far right nears power, French academics warn
Sector leaders say international students and researchers, funding and academic freedom at risk if National Rally wins power
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US universities fear new Supreme Court ruling on regulations
Apparent elimination of longstanding regulatory process leaves higher education experts expecting more costs, complexities and confusions
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To advocate for vocational education is really to argue for the humanities
A ‘jobbified’ university teaching ‘transferable skills’ and marketable degrees neglects so much that is crucial to vocational formation, says Chris Higgins
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BPP ‘put up for sale again with £2.5 billion price tag’
Private equity firm that owns one of the UK’s few private universities seeking to make triple its initial investment in latest deal
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Ex-Unisa tutor becomes South African higher education minister
Nobuhle Nkabane succeeds much-maligned Blade Nzimande, who will retain science brief
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Banning ChatGPT in unsupervised exams ‘pointless’
Generative AI is ‘a bit like teenage snogging – everyone’s doing it although no one really knows how’
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Massive increase to Australian student visa fees
‘Outrageous impost’ to fund domestic education initiatives is ‘robbing Ranjit to pay for Richard’
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Canada ‘may fall short of caps’ as overseas interest nosedives
After Trudeau administration imposed sharp cut in student visas, institutions are now watching other restrictions having a much stronger effect
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‘Clear benefits’ to proposed all-Ireland open access platform
Platform must overcome cost and participation hurdles, but would benefit readers and researchers, experts say
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Next UK government urged to commit to university ‘rescue fund’
Sector leaders say stopgap solution needed to ensure institutions remain viable, but extra funding is likely to come with strings attached
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China focuses on France in bid to recruit European students
Asian superpower hopes recruiting more French students will help its position on the international stage
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A university that nobody wants to leave needs a retirement age
But Cambridge must reform procedures that have evidently left many colleagues traumatised, says Thomas Roulet
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‘Inflection point’ for disabilities in higher education
Political and fiscal realities are driving changes in the treatment of a ‘long overlooked’ community
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Labour win would bring ‘most educated’ UK Cabinet in history
With few private school alumni, plenty of postgraduates and a few PhDs, Keir Starmer’s potential government is very different from Rishi Sunak’s top team