Oxford tutors win right to be treated as employees
Two authors employed on service contracts for 15 years argued they were denied workplace rights
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Donor support for US higher education remains strong
Philanthropic gifts to colleges and universities reach near record levels, just as wealthy benefactors wield growing power over institutions
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UCL students continue Covid lawsuit after talks break down
Parties to return to court having failed to reach agreement in case that could have wide-ranging implications for UK sector
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University applications from white British students ‘lowest since 2008’
Ucas figures also show application gap between London and UK region with lowest rate has reached record level
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New NIH chief puts focus on research collaboration and outcomes
Monica Bertagnolli hopes for new era of research that sets the stage for essential societal change
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Why do US universities tolerate debt bondage on their Qatar campuses?
Institutions should push the Qatar government harder to improve conditions and wages for their migrant labourers, say Karl Widerquist and Ian Almond
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Deans’ lists of high-performing students fall out of fashion
Cornell and Penn among the Ivy League institutions to stop tradition to reduce stress over grades
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UK universities targeted by cyberattack
Hackers known as Anonymous Sudan reportedly take responsibility and cite ‘UK’s continued support for Israel’
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Midlands investment alliance aims to eclipse northern neighbour
Sharing resources and commercial risk will allow Midlands universities to better support research spin-outs, says Aston University leader
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‘Certain death’ diagnosis ‘unique opportunity to drive research’
‘We have an obligation to try something ground-breaking,’ says oncologist confronting co-Australian of the Year’s brain cancer
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Lift student numbers cap, new Northern Ireland executive urged
After two years of inaction at Stormont, higher education sector has long to-do list for first minister Michelle O’Neill
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Let’s recreate a campus culture that enables vigorous academic debate
The behaviour of some has effectively served to chill the views of others. But this flies in the face of universities’ core role, says Dawn Freshwater
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Closure of African history master’s faces legal challenge
Students sue Chichester over axeing of unique course, alleging discrimination and breach of contract