Irish postgraduate researchers set to strike for staff status
Other universities could follow Trinity and announce action, says union president
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Widening access ‘not at expense’ of more privileged Scots
Commissioner for fair access warns that rate of progress may be slowing as he sets range of recommendations for government
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University hiring must be centrally organised around interdisciplinarity
Allowing a thousand flowers to bloom is no longer practical for universities aspiring to be better known for their research, says Robert Brown
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Ex-science minister says he quit over mortgage bill increase
George Freeman says he could not cope with doubling of monthly bill on annual salary of £118,000
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Soft power: Can universities really boost national influence?
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France axes immigration law’s international student restrictions
Plans to charge overseas students ‘return deposit’ must be tossed out, Constitutional Council rules
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Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings 2024: time to submit your data
Universities are invited to participate in the second edition of the regional ranking
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Universities deny international students buy ‘back door’ places
Report in The Sunday Times conflated international foundation years with full degrees, say Russell Group and Universities UK
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Academia in Gaza ‘has been destroyed’ by Israeli ‘educide’
Palestinian scholars mourn ‘deliberate targeting’ of higher education but pledge to rebuild once war is over
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Party strengthens control of Chinese university administration
‘Heightened’ crackdown on academic freedom expected as party committees merge with presidents’ offices on leading campuses
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Jo Phoenix: ‘every single v-c should read this judgment’
Scholar found to have faced ‘hostile environment’ due to gender-critical views warns ruling has implications for all universities, but fears more troubling cases to come
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India’s teachers’ and students’ unions must defend academic autonomy
Amid creeping political influence over universities, both academics and students are oddly quiet, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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PhD students protest against IIT’s ‘paper per semester’ rule
Pressure to publish seen as ‘contributing factor’ to recent suicides, as Madras faces backlash on doctoral monitoring
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My heart attack would have killed my livelihood if I’d still been an adjunct
When adjunct faculty contribute so much to US academia, why are they denied basic benefits such as health insurance and medical leave, asks Josh Hiller