UK universities ‘underperforming’ on equality and diversity
Manchester Met named as top-performing institution for inclusion in new report
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Hong Kong university leaders ‘replaced with Beijing supporters’
Report finds senior faculty who disagree with Beijing lose positions of authority while those who fall in line are rewarded
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UK launches review of international education strategy
New Labour government wants an ‘effective tool in increasing the value of education exports’
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‘Treat government like your banker’, universities advised
Rather than railing at those who control the purse strings, help them solve their problems, says regulator
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Hong Kong university ‘back on track’ after protests, says new v-c
Geneticist Dennis Lo Yuk-ming confirmed as Rocky Tuan’s successor at Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Australia international education crackdown ‘partly self-created’
Educators must take responsibility for their own contribution to the crisis, forum hears
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Talking leadership: Koen Lamberts on overcoming ideology to achieve commercialisation
Sheffield vice-chancellor discusses including innovation in promotions criteria and carving a distinct identity for the university
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Spanish rector ‘created citation factory to boost reputation’
Salamanca head Juan Manuel Corchado, accused of artificially inflating citations of his work, denies wrongdoing
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Chinese university closes Israel campus as relations ‘sour’
Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics closes Israeli outpost as faculty are unable to travel to the Middle East
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Norwegian researchers fear pressures on academic freedom
Survey by Norwegian Association of Researchers finds many believe their institution does too little to safeguard them from harassment
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Cooperative open access can right many of publishing’s wrongs
Publishers used to provide authors with better service – and royalties. But open access cooperatives offer a ray of light, says Harvey Graff
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Labour scraps UK’s planned national academy for mathematics
Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy
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Lancaster v-c Andy Schofield to join Glasgow as principal
Theoretical physicist to succeed Sir Anton Muscatelli in September 2025
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From library to Spotify: academic audiobooks hit the mainstream
With the audiobook industry booming, university publishers are turning everything from hot new scholarly titles to Karl Marx’s catalogue into engrossing listening. Matthew Reisz speaks to academics,...
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A puzzle of many pieces
Universities are sprawling enterprises with numerous interlinked activities, so winning support for the funding they need is harder than it should be