Tributes paid to researcher who sounded alarm on part-time study
Claire Callender, professor of higher education at IoE and Birkbeck, died after suffering from lung cancer
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Act fast to attract US ‘superstars’, Asian universities told
Institutions can lean on generous government funding and industry links to win race for top American research talent, summit hears
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Crackdown on student protests ‘may breach free speech code’
New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene Australian universities’ commitments on free speech, says legal academic
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Universities plan legal action over Dutch cuts ‘breach of trust’
Budget cuts of €500 million to higher education and research funding in the Netherlands breach government agreement, universities say
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Funding crisis risks ‘uneven’ response to new harassment rules
English universities pushing to show they are serious about tackling sexual misconduct ahead of new regulatory requirements but experts say efforts still ‘patchy’
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Are the US’ international funding cuts another nail in the SDGs’ coffin?
Sweeping cuts to USAID and the NIH have stranded the numerous overseas research groups in the Global South that relied on their funding. With scepticism already mounting that the SDGs will be met by...
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In my field, a little goes a long way. So why must we chase large grants?
More research council funding in the humanities and social sciences should be distributed in the form of micro-grants, says Peter Sutoris
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Spin-out money ‘no quick fix’ but can ‘replenish the pot’
Universities should reinvest any money made from commercialisation rather than see it as a way of fixing financial problems, says expert
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AI risks undermining the heart of higher education
If students don’t make the effort to comprehend, synthesise and relate ideas for themselves, they will miss out on meaningful academic growth, says Zahid Naz
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Make academia’s ‘implicit rules’ explicit, universities urged
Survey of first-generation scholars finds many struggle with ‘unwritten rules’ of academic life
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Funding cuts hamper business and community engagement efforts
Drops in the number of new spin-out companies and public events may show start of retrenchment in outward-facing activities
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Risk of US isolationism as Canadian academics urged not to travel
Union tells scholars to avoid all but essential trips and academic conferences choose non-US locations amid ‘sea change’ in research collaboration
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We must support research preserving culture, history and human dignity
Exeter’s self-funded translation of Ukrainian war poetry ensures it reaches a global audience and contributes to historical justice, says Svitlana Arbuzova
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UNSW scraps trimester calendar after workload complaints
Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university