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Trump’s anti-DEI agenda ‘already having grave impact’
Some universities shut down initiatives entirely while others try to continue them in different guise but president unlikely to be appeased on hot-button issue, say scholars
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Investors keen on takeovers as universities turn to private funds
Co-branded campuses and partial mergers expected to become more common in face of higher borrowing costs
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‘Old habits returning’ as travel emissions rise by a quarter
Low carbon behaviours adopted during pandemic ‘not being maintained’, experts fear, as business flights push up environmental impact of institutions
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‘We can’t ask to turn the clock back. The resources just aren’t there’
As he begins his stint as Universities UK president, Malcolm Press tells Helen Packer that the sector’s demands of government need to be realistic about the constrained state of public finances and...
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The GDPR is a new headache for social scientists
European universities’ overcompliance with data protection rules is making social research increasingly difficult, say Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall
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Full TNE potential still emerging, Nottingham Malaysia head says
Economic success of graduates key to showing worth of branch campuses, according to chief executive of site set up 25 years ago
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ANU leader a top earner despite salary sacrifice
Annual report reveals A$90m surplus but university insists ‘structural and operating deficit’ makes belt-tightening necessary
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Religious college closes all degree courses after funding pulled
Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon’s College shuts after nearly 170 years
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Higher education steady amid plunge in student visas
Vocational and English language colleges have incurred the brunt of Australia’s international education crackdown, latest figures show
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Universities resist relationship bans as new rules come in
Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans
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Research council needed to end funding fragmentation – UA
Economic reform begins with injecting order into the hotchpotch of research programmes, and enticing more locals into higher study, according to Australian body
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More universities put on ‘action plans’ as Home Office gets tough
Intervention after apparent sponsorship breaches heralds stricter thresholds that some fear will turn institutions into ‘proxy border control agents’
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Academic freedom cannot shield universities from political oversight
US administrators will destroy academic freedom if they cite it to maintain autonomy over admissions and hiring, says James F. O’Brien
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Three more English universities face strikes over job cuts
Staff at Liverpool Hope announce 10 days of action at start of academic year, while union members at Lancaster and Leicester vote on taking action