Bursting grade inflation needs a sharper needle
Putting universities in ‘special measures’ or even abolishing degree classifications altogether should be on the table, says Geoffrey Alderman
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University leaders must engage with public debate
Those who fail to articulate the issues their communities feel strongly about do the academy and society a disservice, says Sandro Galea
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US university pays £510K to settle lawsuit over critical blog
Chicago State University ends dispute with academics who criticised institutional leadership
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Talks on UK joining EU research post-Brexit ‘could last a year’
UK ‘would still like to explore option’ of association but talks cannot begin until April at the earliest, says new universities minister
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Job challenges for young scientists tied to retirement age shift
Virginia Tech analysis cites end of US retirement mandate in 1994 as key factor to address in easing faculty logjam
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High stakes for military veterans in US for-profit college debate
Soldier-students likely to suffer heavily if for-profit institutions don’t deliver on promises
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Publishers choose between self-censorship in China and import ban
Cambridge University Press is latest firm to reveal that some of its titles have been blocked by the state
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Proposed metrics for knowledge exchange framework announced
Research England says that institutions will be assigned a decile rank in seven broad areas of knowledge exchange
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A just future for #MeToo starts with supporting sexuality research
The stigma and fear of sexuality research must change if it is to inform any legal reform that comes in the wake of the #MeToo movement, argues Victoria Brooks
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Watchdog bans ‘misleading’ Oxbridge Essays advertisement
Regulator rules against firm over implication students could submit essays as own and claims about writers’ university backgrounds
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Japanese universities rated on ease of access to sex
Men’s magazine expresses contrition over slur against female students
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Suspended Swansea v-c attacks ‘negligently flawed’ investigation
Richard Davies accuses registrar of attempting to ‘seize the position of vice-chancellor’
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Credit transfer key to Trump drive to help for-profit colleges
US administration portrays campaign as matter of fairness and equity
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As PNAS calls time on print, will more journals follow suit?
End of prestigious print publication after 103 years stirs debate over future of journal publishing in the digital age
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Alarm over exodus of professorships from southern Italy
Positions are being redistributed to Italy’s richer regions, academic group warns, exacerbating long-standing inequalities