The employability agenda corrupts educational and personal values
Knowledge is commodified by the prioritisation of economic imperatives over social and democratic goals in educational policymaking, says Zahid Naz
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Goldsmiths faces marking boycott as Kent staff vote to strike
Further industrial action planned as union members try to resist wave of university cost-cutting
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Warning on Africa’s ‘immature’ educational research landscape
Report finds that female education researchers are outnumbered three-to-one and face ‘multi-faceted’ challenges
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Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK-registered students, says Michael Day
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India’s JNU target for Bollywood film and ‘jingoistic nationalism’
Left-wing victory at India's JNU subject of Bollywood film
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Gates Foundation open access move ‘shifts needle in right direction’
US’ biggest charitable foundation, with focus on global health, abandons APCs in favour of preprint repositories
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Stanford business dean Levin named new president
At moment of political threat, Tessier-Lavigne replacement brings continued white male lineage with reputation for scientific innovation and listening to diverse voices
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Give academics sabbaticals to revamp teaching, urges professor
Lack of innovation rewards mean lousy lectures live on, says Harvard University educationalist behind flipped learning
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Financial pressures ‘hitting UK university-business collaborations’
New figures show UK university-business interactions are down 5 per cent, to lowest level since at least 2014-15
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University access scheme loses third of its budget in latest cuts
England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to £20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert
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Kent v-c to depart after restructure and deficit warning
Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected £30 million deficit
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More visa changes could cause ‘irreversible harm’ to UK sector
Student recruitment firm AECC warns that restricting graduate visa route could be ‘catastrophic day’ for UK higher education
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Japanese women with student loans more likely to delay child-rearing
Student loan debt could be contributing to Japan’s declining birth rate, researchers find
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Visa chaos ‘turning students off Australia’
Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns
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Disability groups demand ‘correction’ of accord report
Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn