Asian university hands control of curriculum design to industry
President of Incheon National University says higher education institutions should be ‘honoured to be the servants of industry’
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The week in higher education – 31 May 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Ucas rejects ‘racial profiling’ claims over fraud investigations
Analysis finds black students significantly more likely to have their applications investigated and cancelled
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Interview with Deborah McAndrew
The new chancellor of Leeds Trinity University talks about playing a student on Coronation Street, coping with grief and why regional accents are still frowned upon by directors of Shakespeare
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Christine Floss, 1961-2018
Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system
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Public trust ‘key’ to Irish universities’ funding battle
Head of Higher Education Authority acknowledges ‘political appetite’ for organisation to take on stronger regulatory responsibilities
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Automatic job applications could help gender balance, says study
Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests
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Will handing curriculum design to industry solve the skills gap?
Cutting academics out of module creation poses risks, but it is a model that will be watched closely, says Chris Havergal
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Flawed student survey does not reflect reality
We at the National Union of Students are aware of the faults in the recent Migration Advisory Committee survey of students that resulted in it being halted (“Withdrawal of ‘flawed’ international...
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Unhappy families
Like the Chinese scientist who was denied a UK visa for her baby (“Anger over visa rules as scholar forced to quit Oxford”, News, 17 May), my husband, a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University,...
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Health hazard
The sad news of a spate of student suicides in the UK has recently made national headlines. As someone who has taught in universities for most of my life, I believe that these deaths could be a...
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Appointments – 31 May 2018
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Society’s immune system against extremism is failing
Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says Tomáš Halík