Swiss referendum on population cap ‘puts science at risk’
Country to vote whether to restrict immigration if numbers continue to grow, potentially affecting international students and researchers
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Postgraduate researchers hardest hit by cost of living concerns
Major survey finds overall satisfaction levels rising despite pressures but concerns around financial difficulties, research culture and feedback remain
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Will the UK’s revived student loans debate spark another ‘youthquake’?
Debates around graduate debt have exploded in recent weeks amid concern about balances that continue to inflate even as graduates seek to pay them down. Has the system become a ‘Frankenstein’s...
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The UKRI grants pause risks forcing out mid-career medical researchers
The fact that a mere few months’ hiatus imperils the futures of those without permanent posts underlines the fragility of UK biomedicine, says a researcher
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Jazz lecturer ‘forced out’ over race email settles case
Conservatoire accepts academic’s beliefs protected after he faced student boycotts owing to email questioning structural racism
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Deficit-hit UK universities opening in India ‘deluded’
Universities expanding abroad may be being over-optimistic, debate hears, as government pushes higher education exports
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Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’
UCL settlement opens door to more ‘risk-averse’ institutions having to pay up over disrupted pandemic-era teaching, say lawyers
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Middle East bets on AI research to strengthen its universities
Investing in sector by focusing on new technologies can combat brain drain and help institutions escape from their reliance on the West, say experts
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‘Playful’ teaching gaining credibility, say Lego researchers
Time for academics to get out of their comfort zone, according to scholars who advocate using ‘timeless toy’ in the classroom
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Ex-Columbia president ‘regrets not anticipating Trump attacks’
Lee Bollinger, who led under-fire institution for two decades, says universities need protections as the unofficial ‘fifth branch’ of the US constitutional system
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Dismissing concern about China as Sinophobia is a disservice to students
The UK’s new Academic Interference Reporting Route is welcome, but senior university leaders have significant blind spots, says Michelle Shipworth
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Parents get more involved in girls’ study choices
Researcher finds no preference for sending sons over daughters to Western universities, but argues gender still shapes decisions in more subtle ways
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HE ‘broken’, says Braverman as she takes Reform education brief
Former home secretary puts universities ‘on notice’ after being appointed to Nigel Farage’s ‘shadow cabinet’
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Report outlines ‘harrowing’ racism on Australian campuses
Findings outline need for systemic whole-of-sector reforms, commissioner says