Germany focuses on quality after hitting foreign student target
Country faces dilemmas over language of instruction and how to tackle dropout rate
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Higher education ‘turned upside-down’ by Polish reforms
Limitations on powers of new university councils are ‘mostly cosmetic’, academics say
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REF submission rules ‘could increase burden’ on departments
New rules for staff eligibility designed to make compliance easier are in fact more complicated than before, academics warn
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Victoria faces defeat as council supports name change
The long-reigning monarch’s name faces removal from another of the world’s universities
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The lecture is an invitation to slow down and think differently
The benefits of active learning may be backed by numerous empirical studies, but it’s no replacement for the lecture and should not be the dominant teaching method in higher education, argue James C...
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Don’t open the floodgates, says head of Uruguay’s new university
Restrictions on access maintain high quality bar, says rector of Latin American Center for Human Economics
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Tuition fee hikes ‘viable model for maintaining access’ in US
Higher charges, if accompanied by financial aid, do not reduce access for low-income students or significantly change student behaviour, says study
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UK universities should have the courage to be British about fundraising
Gavin Maggs reflects on why philanthropy must mean more than money, and how institutions can find their voice when building long-term relationships with alumni
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Study raises concerns over assessment methods in UK universities
New paper says both teaching-intensive and research-intensive universities need to re-examine the way they assess students
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Academic freedom: justified privilege, or overreach of expertise?
Academic lawyer and conservative thinktank leader go head-to-head
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Positively shocking: using James Bond to teach liberal arts
Bondologist Martin D. Brown says the complex Bondian universe can be used to teach students about modern international history
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UK leaning heavily on EU academics for ERC grant success
Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids
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THE podcast: tensions between faculty and their students
Are students the ones with the entitlement problem?
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National Student Survey 2018: big names take hit as boycott fades
Most universities omitted after the boycott are back in for this year’s NSS, although Cambridge and Oxford still fail to feature
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Thousands back professor fired for missing grant income targets
Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say