Iran confirms arrest of British-Iranian professor
Imperial College London academic Abbas Edalat has been detained on security charges since mid-April
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US university revokes scholarships after going over budget
Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit
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Decoding Trump’s ‘Nazi dog whistles’ and ‘Klan slogans’
Sarah Churchwell hopes her research can help people rethink the ‘American dream’
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Free education: at what cost?
As Malaysian politicians flirt with fee-free higher education, our Asia-Pacific editor John Ross, reflects on how promises of free tuition are often at the detriment of more useful policy
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‘Benefits exceed costs’ for many Australian university dropouts
But Grattan Institute report urges government, institutions to steer those unlikely to finish towards cost-saving early exit
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Australia’s rural universities ‘add value’ of A$1.7 billion
Regional institutions, facing uncertain funding future, build case for more federal support ahead of budget
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Data should be as open as possible and as closed as necessary
This should be the new mantra for researchers in a post-Facebook world, argues Andy Turner
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Millions in public funding awarded to UK PhD applicants without interview
Staff strike prompts decision to award ESRC studentships to Cardiff University candidates based on paper applications only
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A philosophical defence of the traditional lecture
The university lecture should be seen as a special form of human encounter, argue Amanda Fulford and Áine Mahon
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Research Excellence Summit: Debt-burdened students ‘could turn to populism’
Historian says Trump could attract educated young people if he promised to tackle their debts, while rector tells summit Czech universities remain ‘strongholds of critical discourse’
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Europe ‘should codify’ university autonomy to ward off threats
Provost of Hungary’s Central European University tells conference that autonomy is in jeopardy across continent
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Do teaching qualifications contribute to teaching quality?
Staff qualifications deserve greater weighting in the overall assessment of teaching excellence, argues Geoff Stoakes
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THE podcast: free speech and academic freedom
Members of the THE editorial team and the ninth president of the University of Chicago discuss the rights of expression on campus