How can we fix UK higher education? – part one
Universities are struggling financially amid frozen domestic fees and growing political hostility to international students. But while the public finances are stretched, July’s general election could...
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Winchester staff vote to strike over cuts and workload
Forty jobs set to go at university
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US lawmakers challenge ‘secrecy’ on Huawei-funded research grant
Members of US House issue bipartisan demand for details of private foundation giving $1 million annually using controversial Chinese company’s donations
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International education cutbacks ‘jeopardising Accord agenda’
Canberra should not stifle university revenue while unrolling expensive equity reforms, says implementation committee member
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Kyrgyzstan leaders reassure Pakistani students after mob attack
Politicians apologise after tensions between international students and locals culminate in violence in capital
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US Republicans allege bias in prestigious scholarships
House education committee, in new front for attacking academia, backs right-wing analysis that alleges political tilt in Truman and Rhodes awards
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Spain to ‘reinforce’ standards as private universities multiply
Economist questions whether private institutions’ focus on profitable social science subjects matches labour market demands
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Battered US faculty plan long summer of strategising
After nationwide failure to stop their presidents from arresting student demonstrators, college instructors ponder which approaches – and friends – they can turn to
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Leading archaeologist ‘created culture of fear and stole teeth’
Professor faces dismissal from Leiden after reports of inappropriate behaviour, also involving her husband, spanning more than three decades
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UK government ‘must own’ impact of any graduate visa changes
Ministers urged to resist policies that will ‘massively overcorrect’ student numbers as key migration statistics unlikely to reflect reality of institutions’ declining enrolments
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Education research funding shortfall exposed by learned societies
Royal Society and British Academy back increase in education research spending after study reveals funding gap compared to health
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Librarians need the knowledge and willpower to challenge decolonisation
Identity politics’ 1960s progenitors had a level of nuance and erudition that today’s EDI activists would do well to emulate, says Martin Levy
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Who will gain if the UK’s reputation among overseas students is ruined?
Those of us who stay on post-study give far more to our adopted country than we have been able to give to our home nations, says Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
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Professor’s lectures ‘secretly recorded’ during conduct review
Academic says he has ‘never seen anything like it’ after being told that classroom cameras were being used without his knowledge
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International students ‘good for UK universities’, says Keegan
Education secretary uses Education World Forum speech to praise benefits overseas students bring as government considers making changes to the graduate visa