University leaders must resist funder pressure to toe ideological lines
If politicians and donors disagree with student or faculty views, they should challenge their soundness, not threaten defunding, says Richard Joseph
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US sees record drop in enrolment on languages courses
Funding and focus on job training blamed as five major European languages lose around a fifth of their enrolment in five years
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Economist quits German research institute after academics protest
Almost 700 scholars signed an open letter protesting Armin Falk’s appointment to the Institute of Labor Economics, referencing sexual misconduct allegations
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No ‘one size fits all’ model for transnational education
Curricula should be adapted to suit local skills needs, Edinburgh conference hears
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UCU threatens strikes over Oxford Brookes cuts
Union members declare no confidence in vice-chancellor over proposed plan that would see closure of departments
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Mounting debt poses threat to mission, Chicago warned
Fearing pressure on the humanities, professor runs the numbers and sees his elite institution in danger of falling short
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Star academic sues New Zealand university over Covid abuse
Auckland failed to give public commentary the level of occupational protection that would be mandatory in the laboratory, says colleague of Siouxsie Wiles
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Sunak government final straight offers ‘diminished vision of HE’
Pledge to rebalance from ‘poor-quality degrees’ to apprenticeships seen as likely rhetoric only, but there are hopes for international student reset
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Less than half of top universities publish AI guidelines
Lack of clear guidelines may put instructors on ‘defensive’ over students’ use of ChatGPT, researchers say
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Former university presidents: stop blaming faculty for your mistakes
It defies history and logic to lay decades of failure by administrators, trustees and legislators at tenured professors’ door, says Harvey Graff
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Oxbridge acceptance rates triple in inner London
Figures show that 7.5 per cent of state school pupils in one London borough got into Oxford or Cambridge last year – up from just 1 per cent five years before
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Over 1,000 excluded from highly cited researcher list for ‘fraud’
More rigorous checking targets hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation and unusual patterns of group citation activity
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An elite failure to support science risks hobbling India’s ambitions
Recent pronouncements and government actions could undermine ordinary Indians’ faith in science and stifle critical thinking, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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Education department investigates six colleges over Gaza protests
More probes expected after flood of complaints over demonstrations tied to Israel-Gaza conflict
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Diverse leadership ‘crucial’ for workplace parity in science
‘Core recruitment practices’ without quotas reduced gender parity timeline from 60 years to five