THE World University Rankings 2019: East closes in on West
China’s leading universities are soaring up the global and Asian tables, largely driven by improvements in citation impact, says Ellie Bothwell
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Brian Schmidt: separating teaching from research ‘unsustainable’
Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says
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Lecturers ‘must create culture of constructive failure’
Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail
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First-generation students less likely to pick arts and humanities
Data from the Office for Students appear to show vocational courses have bigger shares of such students
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University complaints process ‘failing sexual harassment victims’
Complaints process can drag on for several years and is nearly impossible to challenge, says 1752 Group report
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Re-engaging with the Stanford Prison Experiment
After a year of heavy criticism threatened to see the landmark study written off for good, it has received support from an unlikely quarter
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It’s time to debunk the ‘nonsense’ about Prevent
Claims that the UK’s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are ‘nonsense’, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga
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EU commissioner calls for gender quotas in university management
Carlos Moedas tells MEPs institutions should introduce allocations for female academics ‘at some point’
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THE World University Rankings 2019: say it – we are here to help
Universities serve society in innumerable and inimitable ways. But we still must earn our place in people’s hearts and minds, says Stephen Toope
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Should Labour root its National Education Service in towns?
Seeing the NES as a solution to Labour’s biggest electoral problem could bring relevance to a vague concept, writes John Morgan from Liverpool
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Shortage of admissions advisers hampers US access drive
Many counsellors opting to work overseas or move into private practice
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More harmonious Open University looks to the future
Staff at the ‘University of the Air’ are more optimistic after the end of an unloved era of leadership, but challenges remain
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Spanish degree scandals raise wider questions over quality
Accusations of academic malpractice have forced two resignations and reached the prime minister