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Ex-Columbia president ‘regrets not anticipating Trump attacks’
Lee Bollinger, who led under-fire institution for two decades, says universities need protections as the unofficial ‘fifth branch’ of the US constitutional system
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Middle East bets on AI research to strengthen its universities
Investing in sector by focusing on new technologies can combat brain drain and help institutions escape from their reliance on the West, say experts
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‘Playful’ teaching gaining credibility, say Lego researchers
Time for academics to get out of their comfort zone, according to scholars who advocate using ‘timeless toy’ in the classroom
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Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’
UCL settlement opens door to more ‘risk-averse’ institutions having to pay up over disrupted pandemic-era teaching, say lawyers
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Dismissing concern about China as Sinophobia is a disservice to students
The UK’s new Academic Interference Reporting Route is welcome, but senior university leaders have significant blind spots, says Michelle Shipworth
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Parents get more involved in girls’ study choices
Researcher finds no preference for sending sons over daughters to Western universities, but argues gender still shapes decisions in more subtle ways
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HE ‘broken’, says Braverman as she takes Reform education brief
Former home secretary puts universities ‘on notice’ after being appointed to Nigel Farage’s ‘shadow cabinet’
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Report outlines ‘harrowing’ racism on Australian campuses
Findings outline need for systemic whole-of-sector reforms, commissioner says
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Sexual misconduct at Oxford ‘fuelled by emeritus immunity’
Complex governance arrangements and lack of regulation of emeritus titles putting female colleagues at risk, says UCU report
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Home Office issues warning as new data shows extent of MRes boom
Further proof of rapid growth in research master’s courses emerges, with programmes with ‘low academic requirements’ and ‘no English tests’ advertised online
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Wales urged to continue ‘life-changing’ student exchange scheme
Taith being wound down as UK prepares to rejoin Erasmus but academics say nation has benefitted hugely from having own programme
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Thai universities at a crossroads as new coalition formed
Incoming government could take sector in different direction, scholars say, depending on which party handed power over key ministry