The crisis of the humanities is a Western phenomenon
Narratives of decline fail to take account of the recent revival of the liberal arts in India, says Saikat Majumdar
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Leading Venezuelan universities ‘on the verge of closure’
A mass exodus of talent prompted by political and humanitarian crisis leaves universities without staff or students left to teach
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MIT opts to keep Saudi partnerships after post-Khashoggi review
MIT expresses ‘deep sense of revulsion’ over Khashoggi killing but won’t override faculty choice of partners
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Deal or no deal, the UK must continue to support study abroad
No-deal plans for the Erasmus+ programme reveal that the UK has no intention of creating a replacement scheme. This is bad news for students, employers and ‘global Britain’, says Vivienne Stern
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Academic workload models: a tool to exploit staff and cut costs?
Survey reveals many staff in UK universities are sceptical about the value of workload models
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Oxford under fire over Zimbabwe finance minister’s professorship
Academics call on university to denounce Mthuli Ncube after violent repression of protests
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What will the Duchess of Sussex mean for global higher education?
Academics assess the impact Meghan Markle may have in her new role as patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities
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Chicago president feels the chill as immigration curbs bite
Automatic green cards for international PhD graduates at US universities could restore America’s ‘competitive advantage’, says Robert Zimmer
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Foreign academics ‘less likely’ to speak up for academic freedom
Scholar warns that rising numbers of international university staff in Singapore could ‘make the academy more conservative’
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Australian universities trial ‘respectful relationships’ training
Four institutions to pilot online module next year
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Hundreds of universities submit data for impact ranking
Japan leads on number of submissions but institutions across 75 countries have taken part
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Australian international education revenues up 15 per cent
But flagging Chinese applications could dampen future growth
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Universities urged to rule out submitting redundant staff to REF
Birkbeck is first institution to say it does not want to take credit for work of academics who left on bad terms
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Science is calling out for nonconformists
Academic status quo stymies the radical thought that leads to scientific breakthroughs, says Daniel Bojar
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Cambridge receives £100 million donation for PhDs and access
Gift from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation is the biggest single donation made to a UK university by a British philanthropist