White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren backs free college for all
Clearly joining Bernie Sanders in free-college camp, senator widens party split on cost crisis
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Singapore minister wants tougher response to sexual misconduct
Campus voyeur let off too lightly, critics complain
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Open access: ‘no evidence’ that zero embargo periods harm publishers
Debate around embargo periods heightens as Plan S deadline draws near
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UK v-c: ban on working with Huawei would infringe on academic freedom
Max Lu defends Surrey’s collaboration with Chinese giant, suggesting that UK government would ban ties if it had evidence of espionage
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Plans to end compulsory records on UK’s non-academic staff ‘shocking’
UCU warns universities minister that proposals in Hesa consultation neglect ‘crucial role’ of such staff in universities
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Singapore ‘fake news’ law ‘threatens academic freedom worldwide’
Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals
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One hundred days of Bolsonaro and not much has changed
The academic persecution originally feared when Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil never materialised, but neither did his promised investment into science and research, says Justin Axel-...
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Georgetown slavery reparations plan spotlights institutions’ failings
Student action shows US colleges far from accepting their slavery-related debts
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Fund or fail: the fear of a doctoral student
The new rules of academia – where researchers are valued by the funding dollars that they generate – inhibit minority background scholars and threaten universities’ accountability, says Kahlil C....
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PhD student’s book examines ‘why black hair matters’
Emma Dabiri’s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ‘scientific racism’
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University is about more than just getting a job
Teaching students the skills that enable them to be change makers in their industries should be the real goal, says Natalie Brett
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Ontario universities face dramatic shift to performance-based funding
Ford administration is blind to incompatibility of statistical metrics and quality teaching, academics warn
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The sands must shift to flexible learning in coastal communities
Where you live should not limit your educational aspirations, says Ian Fribbance
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Quality bodies urged to tackle higher education ‘corruption’
Study finds evidence of widespread, worldwide corruption in HE and lack of action from quality assurance bodies to stop it
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Essex plans to grow staff numbers on back of student recruitment boom
University aims to create 100 new academic and 50 new professional posts at a time of overall gloom about UK university finances