New NIH chief promises greater diversity on medical trials
Monica Bertagnolli, former Harvard surgeon, sees critical moment to improve both equity and accuracy in multibillion-dollar study investments
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Australia’s international student enrolments ‘set to decline’
Despite record earnings, commencements and visa lodgements, analyst predicts ‘readjustment’
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The demise of modern languages has been greatly exaggerated
Aberdeen’s proposal to slash its provision belies positive recent developments, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley
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THE Awards 2023: winners announced
Anglia Ruskin and Dame Nancy Rothwell take top prizes at ‘Oscars of higher education’
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UK ‘will get university sector it can fund’, UEA v-c warns
Current business model not sustainable for more than two to three years, according to David Maguire
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Universities hit hard by ‘catastrophic’ fall in trainee teachers
Number of new teacher trainees entering some universities has fallen by as much as 66 per cent, as experts warn of ‘crisis’ in recruitment
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Ministers’ narrow focus neglects major challenges, v-cs say
Too heavy a focus on skills training restricts universities’ role in the world, THE event hears
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UK reliance on overseas students an ‘uncomfortable reality’
Vice-chancellors warn that UK government immigration policy is behind fall in international recruitment by having ‘negative impact on perceptions’
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Be proactive, not reactive, on antisemitism, says Halfon
Minister tells THE he has been calling vice-chancellors directly when he receives reports of Jewish students feeling threatened
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Biting the hand that feeds higher education
With its funding system on life support, and its ‘science superpower’ ambitions, the UK must stop treating international talent as an imposition
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Tougher UK visa requirements will hit postdocs, ERC head warns
Recently announced changes to skilled worker visa ‘bitter news’, says European Research Council president Maria Leptin
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7 December 2023 digital edition
Cashing in: Why rising costs to foreign researchers may write off UK’s science superpower ambitions
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Merging lifelong loans and degree funding ‘messy and unhelpful’
Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, THE event hears
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Higher education needs more portfolio academics
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have...
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Interview with James Morton Turner
Wellesley environmental historian on drawing inspiration from students for his Cundill History Prize-nominated book on batteries, and why the West risks growing China dependency in clean energy era