Universities must teach students ‘how to imagine’
University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity
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USS strike: academics (and football fans) are fed up with ‘dehumanising’ conditions
Protests by West Ham fans have striking similarities with the unrest sparked among academics by proposed pension cuts, says Richard Watermeyer
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Sam Gyimah: UK collaboration with Israel ‘a strategic priority’
Minister says the UK has much to learn from Israel’s scientific excellence and entrepreneurial flair
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Five new medical schools for English universities
Announcements are part of wider initiative to increase number of training places by 1,500 over three years
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Academics ‘must sign away authorship rights’ to recorded lectures
Copyright policy would bar staff at University of Nottingham from objecting to edited versions of their own lectures, which could be used during a strike
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Fishy research opens a can of worms
An expanding research misconduct investigation has stretched its net from the chilly Baltic to an idyllic Queensland island and the grasslands of Saskatchewan
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Foreign graduates struggle to find professional jobs in Australia
Most international students who stay in Australia after they graduate cannot find jobs in their fields
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Rejection looms for Australian student loan borrowing cap
Opposition of Labor and Greens means that measure proposed in December's mid-year budget update is unlikely to pass
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Saudi Arabia ‘could emulate China’s success in HE development’
Middle Eastern country has the resources to ‘invest appropriately’ in universities, says UCL head
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Success of overseas partnerships relies on ‘academic champions’
Internationalisation expert says universities should only proceed with new collaborations if there is backing from scholars
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USS strike: we can’t ignore reality of our deficit, says pensions boss
Bill Galvin, chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, tackles some of the ‘misunderstandings’ about the fund’s approach to its valuation
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What are you reading? – 22 March 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Parties Matter: Political Competition and Democracy in the American South, by John H. Aldrich and John D. Griffin
When it comes to winning votes, variety is the spice of life, writes Angelia Wilson
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Books interview: Ben Hutchinson
The author of Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction on Graham Greene, the classics as gateway to different literatures and a reading tip for English readers in the age of Brexit