World insight: Australian HE in an era of uncertainty
David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia, on an erratic period of change for universities
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If teaching needs fixing, is TEF the right tool for the job?
Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill
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Drop link between TEF and fees, vice-chancellors urge MPs
Birmingham v-c among those warning BIS select committee against Green Paper proposals
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Turkey’s new HE laws are ‘assault on education and free speech’, critics claim
New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’
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Student enrolments in Canada reach 2 million
Increase led by growth in number of international students
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Teaching metrics: what on earth will anyone learn from them?
An aggregated university score would be designed to serve government bean counters, not students, says Athene Donald
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Campus police growth in US prompts questions
The increasing involvement of university forces in deadly incidents is raising scrutiny
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University careers increasingly marked by ‘precariousness and uncertainty’, scholars hear
Even academics in ‘safe’ positions are feeling insecure
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University of Missouri students call for black faculty target
US campuses want to see more staff diversity, but how realistic are their goals?
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EU referendum: 70 per cent of UK students would vote ‘in’
Hepi says survey findings support UUK’s decision to campaign for ‘in’ vote
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UCL to pay nearly £300K compensation in second ‘unacceptable’ accommodation case
Students living at Hawkridge House complained of vermin infestation and noise from building works
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Spending review: research deal bodes well for UK science
Global Challenges Fund could be enabler of world-class science tackling global issues, says Malcolm von Schantz