Knowledge diplomacy: can academics help heal the world’s rifts?
‘Science diplomacy’ is seen as a crucial way to build international trust, but the idea is undergoing a radical rethink
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Plymouth spends £375K on v-c office project while cutting jobs
University acknowledges that drop in student recruitment has brought ‘financial challenges’
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Universities must do more to support students without a family home
The unaffordability of two rents severely restricts the study options of care leavers and estranged students, says Roy Celaire
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We’ll double your gift, university tells philanthropists
New drive for philanthropic largesse amid faltering public funding and nerves about foreign fees
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Sector leaders fear arts ‘disaster’ if fee cut means funding cut
Peers hear debate about whether English universities might become more reliant on international students if fee cut recommended by Augar review is implemented without replacement funding
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Augar’s plan to restore England’s maintenance grants is a mistake
Reviving maintenance grants will redirect taxpayers’ money to those who don’t need it. Better to spend it on lifelong learning, says Ryan Shorthouse
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Australia’s research and development spending decline continues
Revive your interest in universities, businesses told, as interest rate hits historic low
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Personal data seized in Australian National University hack
Almost two decades of records accessed in latest attack
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Guernsey: the next hot spot for international students?
Plans to build a multi-university campus in the Channel Islands are taking shape
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Journal transparency rules to help scholars pick where to publish
Next step of Plan S will require publishers to release acceptance rates and review times
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‘Regressive’ loan changes seen as hobbling Augar’s prospects
Political survival chances slim for report’s HE funding plans, but some issues won’t go away, senior sector figures suggest
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Oxford’s admissions offer needs to be examined in context
Use of of group-level indicators to identify disadvantage will limit the impact of Oxford’s embrace of contextual admissions, says James Robson
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Australian universities ‘should divide up research specialisms’
Institutions Down Under do not have the resources to lead the world across the board, says former vice-chancellor
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Augar review: winners and losers from post-18 panel’s proposals
Anna McKie explores what the recommendations mean for universities, students, graduates and taxpayers