Half of student sexual assaults involve drug or alcohol use
Substance abuse a clear risk factor as one in five Oxford students report being assaulted in second university-wide survey
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Ukrainian studies in ‘crisis’ despite rising demand in Europe
Most universities still treat Ukraine as a marginal topic even as need for specialists with deep knowledge of the country rises
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Overseas students ‘shouldn’t be blamed for institutional failings’
‘Accurate and uncomfortable’ cash cow narrative framing how foreign students are treated in UK, finds report
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Security screening undermines UK universities’ EDI proclamations
Forcing Chinese nationals to identify themselves to institutional IT systems publicly stamps them as risks to be monitored, says Hu Chao
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Will the cockroach movement achieve lasting change in Indian HE?
India’s largest protest in years was sparked by the leaking of a medical entrance exam and ended with the first senior political resignation of the Modi era. But it is unclear whether a change of...
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Is chemistry teaching over-reliant on technology?
Expert fears students are too often passively observing vital processes without gaining practical understanding but others say discipline should lean in to modern approaches
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Chinese academics in England face ‘microaggressions’
Scholars considering leaving as result of getting stuck in junior positions and complaints about their work and accents
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Utrecht opens probe after scrutiny of Red Bull-linked research
University to carry out review of ‘academic culture’ following media reports accusing one of its professors of producing research that downplayed the risks of mixing energy drinks with alcohol
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Course closures at University of Surrey raise concerns
Science and maths programmes among those suspended in recent months, with UCU claiming decisions are being made ‘in haste’
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Asian business schools need local focus to succeed, says dean
Institutions must contextualise teaching and research rather than copying what happens in the West, argues head of Asia School of Business
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Visa rules making scientists ‘despair’, says China-bound Nobelist
Chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi says US policies inhibiting mobility and international cooperation as he heads for Tsinghua University
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Sunderland to employ junior staff through subsidiary firm
Union warns move will create ‘two-tier’ workforce and save university only £36k