Chinese university presidents complain over lack of autonomy
Candid interviews with Chinese university presidents and government officials reveal widespread doubt that institutional freedom has increased
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Willetts: grade threshold for loans risks ‘two-tier’ system
Former universities minister says that, while parents of students with poorer A-levels could pay fees up front, less affluent families could not
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Religion expert in row over cancellation of prestigious chair
American University in Cairo withdraws chair in comparative religions at request of donor’s son
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UK universities issue 11K non-disclosure agreements in five years
Institutions becoming increasingly reliant on agreements that silence departing staff, according to freedom of information responses
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The week in higher education – 11 April 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Appointments – 11 April 2019
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Return of demand-driven funding in Australia could come with strings
A Labor victory in May’s election could still see funding conditional on universities’ employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton
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Careers intelligence: how to deal with a new boss
Robert MacIntosh considers how university staff should approach the management merry-go-round of vice-chancellors, pro vice-chancellors and department heads
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Grief at the death of colleagues is nothing to be ashamed of
The recent death of politics academic David Held left Alix Dietzel shocked and guilty. Why did no one warn her she could feel like that?
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A fitter rival would soon make the REF extinct
The UK’s research excellence framework is slow, expensive and disruptive. The time and technology is ripe for a better alternative, says James Tooley
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Dock dump: what 1950s stevedores can teach university IT staff
Those on the ground are often able to recognise the folly of supposed efficiency measures imposed from on high, writes Peter Barry
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Beware of the fool’s gold in the policymakers’ El Dorado
Big datasets linking higher education participation to a range of socio-economic factors are useful and fascinating, but their translation into policy remains fraught
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Graduate earnings rarely afford good policymaking
The advent of datasets linking graduates’ income to their student records has fuelled calls for certain courses and universities to be excluded from public funding. But, ahead of England’s Augar...
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Government refuses to help English post-92s with pension costs
Hundreds of jobs endangered by £142 million increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme, universities say