Teaching intelligence: how to improve science students’ writing
Teachers must guide science students in how to ‘tell a story’ in their reports, write Anna Sajina and Sergei Sazhin
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Post-Brexit UK needs to make friends to influence people
Seeking special status will further antagonise non-members faced with curtailed access to EU research funding, says Jan Palmowski
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The REF is the least of UK researchers’ worries
As Brexit reaches fever pitch, who knows what damage the 2028 research excellence framework might reveal
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Professor suspended for using N-word in class discussion
The case of Phillip Adamo, an academic at Augsburg University, provokes debate about the taboos of discussing literature
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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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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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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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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