Stalling German economy prompts graduate ‘poverty’ fears
Concerns degrees are losing value may be misplaced, say economists, but high unemployment and rise of AI ‘sinking all ships’
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UK academic stuck in Dubai keeps teaching amid Iranian attacks
Professor who expected flying visit to teach on MBA course trapped in city after flights grounded due to missiles
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Is authors’ treatment by publishers getting worse?
Complaints from authors abound about interminable delays, long silences, unfair rejections and shoddy copy-editing. But are standards really slipping? And, if so, where does the blame lie? Matthew...
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What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system
His successful insurgent campaign for New York mayor was not driven primarily by moral appeal but by sustained fieldwork, says Mayank Chugh
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Review whether students with no A levels should get loans – v-c
‘Difficult questions’ must be confronted as English funding system ‘not working for anyone’, says Birmingham’s Adam Tickell
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Ministers urged to investigate students’ posts mourning Ayatollah
Islamic student groups in the UK say statements calling Iranian supreme leader a ‘martyr’ were ‘free speech’ and deny inciting violence
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UK study visa ban for four countries ‘cruel and short-sighted’
Home Office puts ‘emergency brake’ on some applications after surge in asylum claims, affecting thousands of potential students
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Women lead almost three in 10 of world’s best universities
Experts welcome milestone from THE analysis as ‘cause for cautious celebration’
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Threat of libel ‘chilling academic freedom’, say UK researchers
Academics urge government to strengthen legal protections for scholars undertaking studies in controversial fields
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Middle East crisis could halt branch campus plans, experts warn
‘Inevitable’ that conflict will bring ‘serious’ repercussions, as universities forced to reassess how they operate in the region amid increased insecurity
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Male university staff out-earn women by 10 per cent
Gender pay gaps worse at Australian universities than other educational institutions, as women dominate senior roles in administration but not academia
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Bureaucracy is putting universities on the wrong track to respond to AI
We cannot bureaucratise our way into producing better thinkers, any more than we can automate wisdom, says Akhil Bhardwaj
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Anxiety ‘understandable’ but science money ‘is there’ – Vallance
Science minister says way physics funding cuts were communicated was ‘pretty gruesome’ but insists most budgets will increase
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Disappointment as Rachel Reeves silent on student loans
Critics decry ‘missed opportunity’ to help graduates as chancellor skips chance to cut debt levels