Universities’ move against fossil fuel financing ‘unprecedented’
Sixty sector organisations, including 21 universities, are seeking to build a new market for cash products that does not contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansion
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Healthcare students ‘need more financial support’
With applicant numbers declining despite big recruitment plans, report argues more incentives are needed to turn student interest into enrolments
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US Republicans push for cross-border research collaboration rules
After Trump crackdown and Biden promise of clearer guidelines, lawmakers grow antsy about lack of progress
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‘Watch this space’ on student debt, Australian parliament told
As officials ward off questions about debt relief, tax office outlines the cost of changes to ‘grossly unfair’ repayment quirk
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NIH resists Republican demand for sexual harassment case details
Funder’s director warns that disclosing records on information complaints could deter future reporting
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Claudine Gay’s downfall is no victory for research integrity
The weaponisation of plagiarism allegations to remove Harvard’s president is no cause for celebration, says research fraudbuster David Sanders
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Downgrade looms for Australian universities’ visa risk ratings
Applicants to institutions getting marked down face more processing delays
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Black members’ committee boycotts UCU over ‘entrenched racism’
Panel claims its efforts have been met with ‘resistance, indifference, procedural setbacks and deliberate stalling’, in wake of THE article alleging discrimination against black workers
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15 February 2024 digital edition
Scope for pushback: Amid intense scrutiny and political assaults, US universities are silent. Why?
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Challenging racism takes time – but UCU is doing it
We won’t stop until staff and members in every branch, every department and every team feel that they are treated fairly and equally, says Jo Grady
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Attacks on universities ‘harness HE resentment and graduate woes’
University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike
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A success recast as a great mistake
Across the Western world, decades of growth in university participation are being repainted as a policy error as funding woes come to a head
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Antisemitic incidents in higher education triple amid Gaza crisis
Anti-Jewish hate reaches record high as vast majority of cases recorded by Community Security Trust come after 7 October
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Interview with Mark Brandon
Polar scientist on working with David Attenborough, capturing nuance in diversity debates and the continued importance of the Open University
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Does hybrid working spell end of the individual faculty office?
Growing scrutiny of empty departmental workplaces has revived the fraught debate over whether academics should retain their own assigned office