Scrap REF and allocate funds based on external grants – thinktank
Abandoning ‘bureaucratic’ exercise now would save universities £430 million, according to UK Day One
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University attacks in democracies ‘embolden illiberal regimes’
Increasing trend for policies that attempt to undermine or overhaul higher education in US and Europe being exported worldwide, Scholars at Risk warns
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University keeps details of record v-c payout under wraps
Releasing details of Paddy Nixon’s final-year earnings of $A1.8 million would be ‘contrary to the public interest’, Canberra insists
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Switzerland ‘losing attractiveness’ as government limits spending
Funders and prestigious universities ‘cannot compete’ as budgets stand still or go backwards
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Call for more focused research ‘risks fostering academic elitism’
Experts fear ‘high-risk strategy’ as universities urged to double down on existing strengths and retrench from other areas
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What price inclusion when academic conferences remain child-free zones?
When my babysitter fell through, why couldn’t an exception be made so I could attend the fancy £90 dinner, asks Eve Hayes De Kalaf
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Brian Cox: humanities research is ‘absolutely vital’
BBC presenter and physicist says ‘no one is clever enough’ to know which subjects to switch off
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UK ‘going backwards’ on university access, warns Justine Greening
Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ‘deprioritised’ equitable access
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Western universities ‘learn more’ from Global South collaboration
Manchester vice-chancellor says institutions must continue to work across borders in the face of political scepticism
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Labour commits to £7 million fund to tackle campus antisemitism
Funding aims to ‘educate people about antisemitism’ and ‘better equip’ universities to tackle antisemitic abuse
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Minister eyes English funding reforms ‘sooner rather than later’
Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ‘working on a whole range of options’
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American biologists win medicine Nobel for microRNA discovery
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun honoured for revealing new principle of gene regulation
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Canada places further restrictions on post-study work visas
Students attending colleges and university courses below degree level must have studied in one of five areas to be eligible
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International students keen on US regardless of election result
More than half of survey respondents say result won’t impact study decision, but most would prefer Kamala Harris to win
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‘Tough year’ for UK international student recruitment
Highly selective universities among those struggling as Indian and Nigerian learners stay away