Calling out microaggressions on campus should start at the top
Promoting awareness of the impact words can have on others will create a psychologically safe space where staff, students can thrive, says Melissa Carr
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Ulster University Derry campus doubling intake to 10,000 students
Economy minister Conor Murphy says the expansion ‘is key to promoting regional balance, in line with my economic vision’
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Universities ‘need funding’ to adapt to community change
Communities are not static and campuses need to be able to roll with them, conference hears
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Kent saves languages but confirms anthropology and philosophy axe
University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts
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Republicans push new federal limits on US academia
Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states
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Dutch universities blocked from using gender quotas in admissions
Education inspectorate says quotas are unlawful after TU Delft attempts to address gender imbalance in aerospace engineering
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‘Unease’ among China scholars as Japan-based academic disappears
Scholars are growing increasingly wary of conducting research on and in China as the country strengthens national security laws
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University equality efforts blamed for ‘hierarchy of oppression’
Professor says universities are still prioritising gender and other issues over tackling racism
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Is ‘more speech’ always ‘disinfectant’ to hate speech, play asks
Harvard campus drama made famous by Bryan Cranston makes European premiere as Gaza protests debate adds fresh relevance
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Universities are not effective instruments of soft power
Chinese students in the Anglosphere want to develop their careers and learn English, not to be lectured about how terrible their homeland is, says Sibei Sun
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Bolton seeks Greater Manchester name to ‘level the playing field’
Institution hopes to become the University of Greater Manchester to boost its graduates’ employment prospects
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UK universities’ Gaza ceasefire silence ‘seems hypocritical’
Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ‘immediately invoked institutional neutrality’ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany
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MAC visa review will ‘struggle with’ ministers’ ‘integrity’ query
MAC chair clarifies graduate visa review will define abuse purely as ‘breach of the immigration rules’
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Australian Research Council reforms pass parliament
Changes to funding body’s act end its term as ‘political plaything’
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