Why do academics feel the need to speak out about political crises?
A series of open letters on Israel-Gaza underlines that scholars rarely have superior knowledge, moral insight or political acumen, says Adrian Kreutz
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Government launches review of English sector regulator
Health and social care expert to examine performance of Office for Students
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Birmingham pulls Palestine event ‘because of watermelon emojis’
Inclusion of symbol of Palestinian resistance on flyer leads university to pull permission for staff-student session discussing current situation
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UK ‘yet to fulfil potential’ for transnational education
Report calls on universities to expand and diversify overseas delivery
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Folbigg acquittal prompts new call for ‘science-informed’ justice
More miscarriages inevitable unless courts become ‘more science-sensitive’, learned academy warns
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Faces of 2023: who shaped higher education headlines this year
Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months
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Norway budget: students given more support but research funds cut
Rise in financial aid of 10 per cent ‘like an early Christmas present’ amid rising costs, says national student group
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OfS won’t charge for free speech complaints against universities
But institutions may face paying regulator’s costs under new proposals outlined by England’s new free speech champion
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Dismissing ‘privileged’ views is myopic and unethical
The concept of privilege is much more complex and dynamic than those who wield it often assume, says Noam Schimmel
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Coventry set to cut nearly £100 million as sector crisis bites
Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam to open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff
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London Met offers year of fully paid maternity leave
University will also offer eight weeks of paternity leave, doubling previous offering
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UK’s post-study visa ‘not attracting skilled workers’
Many international students who stay in the country using two-year graduate route end up in low wage jobs, finds key government body
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Aberdeen saves joint language degrees after criticism
University still looking at closing single honours programmes after declines in recruitment
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King’s College London Portsmouth branch campus to train doctors
Russell Group university will treble its graduate medicine intake by training students on England’s south coast
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International education drives surprise boost to Australia’s GDP
Education exports and high student loan repayments help offset damage from inflation and interest rates, according to Australian mini-budget