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THE’s ‘exceptional performance’ honoured at business awards
Company wins two prestigious prizes at ceremony hosted by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
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Will a PhD make you better off? Not until 33 years later
Lost earnings and missed workplace experience means PhD graduates will take decades to catch up on postgraduates despite higher wages, analysis shows
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AI will add to ‘academic drudgery’ without ‘violent awakening’
Technology can free up space in roles dominated by administration but will only result in more of the same without change in direction, researchers say
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UK needs universities of technology, but not polytechnics – v-c
Institutions focused on applied research and employer-informed curricula could be vital part of more coherent post-16 system, says LSBU chief
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Jail threats met with call for ‘balance’ on research sharing
With potentially worrying changes to Australia’s research security arrangements odds-on to proceed, universities want clarification on amendments
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The week in higher education – 23 November 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Nader Hashemi
The Georgetown professor of Middle East and Islamic politics talks of hating his parents’ return to Iran after the 1979 revolution – and crediting it with his life’s mission of advancing democracy...
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We can’t stop the ‘rip-off degrees’ debate – but we can change its terms
Singling out particular disciplines makes no sense, but we need cross-subject standards that are recognisable to employers, says Ian Pace
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Will a new president end Mexico’s stand-off over university policy?
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has expanded university access but is accused of ideological attacks on institutions, overly zealous corruption clampdowns and a misguided power grab...
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UK’s £750 million science funding boost includes new fellowships
Mid-career fellowship scheme backed by a £250 million endowment is part of package linked to unused Horizon Europe funds
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Discomfort of being around poverty ‘good for students’
Wealth inequities ‘a learning tool’ in education geared to ‘whole-person formation’, forum hears
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EU to begin ‘exploratory talks’ with Swiss on Horizon Europe
‘We are ready,’ European commissioner writes on social media after broader ‘understanding’ reached
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Autumn statement: Hunt backs AI research and investment zones
UK chancellor also funds Holocaust education efforts in universities and simplifies R&D tax credit
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Equal Pay Day 2023: see the gender pay gap at your university
Sector-wide pay gap stands at 14.2 per cent, but it is higher than 30 per cent at some institutions