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
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Australian student caps ‘will bankrupt global diversity drive’
Canberra’s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears
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Brian Cox and Andre Geim to be keynote speakers at THE World Academic Summit 2024
Professor Brian Cox and Sire Andre Geim to give keynote speeches at THE World Academic Summit 2024
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‘We’re on the wrong side of AI partnership’: technology and the future of learning
If AI is to transform education, assessment must be rebooted and developers must make leaps in understanding the learning process, experts say. Rosa Ellis reports
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Call to force AI firms to help universities catch essay cheats
Essay mills pivoting to offering low-cost services to avoid plagiarism checks
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Employer levy ‘could fund universities and maintenance grants’
Economist who invented furlough scheme shares expansive blueprint to redraw English higher education funding
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The week in higher education – 26 September 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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UK ‘interested’ in joining ‘good value’ Horizon Europe successor
Submission from new administration on future European research funding programme urges continuing focus on excellence
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Are universities doing enough to support neurodivergent students?
Thousands more students on the autism spectrum are entering universities thanks to improved diagnosis and support from schools. John Ross examines how institutions are adapting to this challenge and...