Administrators still feel like academics’ poor cousins
Universities must improve their career development support for professional and support staff, says Alex Holmes
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Male domination of Australian engineering academy recedes
Technology organisation says gender balanced intake is a sign of things to come
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UK Darpa to sit outside UKRI umbrella, says minister
Chris Skidmore reiterates desire for UK to associate to Horizon Europe, but says negotiations are unlikely to begin until the second quarter of 2020
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Trudeau re-election raises hopes of student finance reform
Liberals’ likely partners equally committed to reducing burden on graduates
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Tying funding to tackling bullying could feed secrecy, UKRI told
Research umbrella organisation puts off decision on whether to introduce ultimate sanction until more evidence is available
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OfS faces ‘several’ legal challenges to register refusals
For-profit college says it has been granted permission for judicial review against ‘unlawful’ refusal, which blocks loan access
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Asian universities contend with their #MeToo moment
Social media posts by students at home and abroad push universities to address harassment and assault
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Pact may give Confucius Institutes new life in US
Shorter contract length and tougher terms may help remaining partnerships survive
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Apple chief executive appointed to Tsinghua post
Tim Cook will chair the business school’s advisory board
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How can internationalisation be compatible with carbon neutrality?
A much wider use of sophisticated video conferencing will help – but no one is saying this will be easy, reflects Richard Davies
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Media portrayal of Confucius Institutes ‘frustrating’
Role includes illuminating Chinese staff about the ways of their hosts, director says
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Hong Kong academics and alumni stand up for student protesters
Criticism grows as the government is accused of causing ‘unforgiveable havoc’ amid protests
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All-years National Student Survey ‘huge burden’ on universities
Statistical limitations of results likely to be exacerbated by widening of questionnaire beyond final-year undergraduates, warns researcher
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English regulator will poll students to measure value for money
OfS plan comes as v-c warns government focus on graduate earnings value will ‘downgrade’ excellent universities beyond London
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Ex-minister questions scrapping of Australian university fund
Julie Bishop tells Times Higher Education interview that Australia’s universities should rank better