Slashing HE courses will not help the next UK government boost growth
Undermining universities offering degrees to fund apprenticeships is poor policy. Here are some better ones, says Paul Baines
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Fees and teaching subsidies rise in New Zealand budget
First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation
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China set to overtake Europe on English-taught degrees
Number of English-medium degrees on offer outside traditional anglophone destinations increases by 48 per cent in five years
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Will UK Labour’s research policy be tame or transformational?
Labour’s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe
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Finland’s fee hike for non-European students ‘paradoxical’
Government proposes full-cost tuition plus application fees for non-EU applicants, while aiming for international recruitment increase
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Universities must do more to address student food insecurity
Working with established community networks can boost the quality and choice available in food banks, say Hilda Mulrooney and four co-authors
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Yale names Stony Brook’s Maurie McInnis as president
Alumnus and trustee to become Ivy League institution’s first non-interim female leader after narrowly avoiding faculty censure at Stony Brook
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UCU conferences cancelled as union staff strike over ‘racism’
Unite branch leads walkout, saying industrial relations in union are ‘broken’, just hours after general secretary delivers unity message in opening speech
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State enforcement of campus free speech ‘a contradiction’
Universities are not ‘speaker’s corner’ and governments should not impose ‘diktats about what we do on campus’, New Zealand forum hears
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More apprentices ‘shouldn’t come at higher education’s expense’
Tory plans to close low-performing degrees to fund apprenticeships ‘miss the mark’, says UK sector
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How ‘will you be my supervisor’ emails control entry to PhD study
Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say
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Book spotlights Melbourne’s uncomfortable Indigenous history
Academic exploration of leading university’s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing
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Australia rethinks age limit for post-PhD work visas
Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned
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Merit is a declining consideration in Indian v-c appointments
Leaders’ claims that their appointments owe nothing to their political affiliations are wide of the mark, says an observer
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Xi vows to adjust university courses in line with employer demand
Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country’s workplace needs