Sustainable finance is no substitute for net zero targets
More universities are adopting green financing. Their approaches must have verifiable outcomes and complement institutions’ overall strategies, says Anton Muscatelli
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LGB students’ exam premium could cast light on other minorities’ deficit
More nuanced data could help tease out why some disadvantaged students manage to buck the trend and overperform, says Nikolai Elkins
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Bid to cut grant administrative burden ‘may have opposite effect’
Shift to lump-sum funding model for key European Research Council awards could backfire, universities fear
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Students protest as Japanese universities mull tuition fee hikes
As policymakers reduce funding, institutions seen as having little choice but to start charging students more
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Academic repression in Israel ‘on steroids’ as Gaza war rages
Experience of Palestinian academics living in Israel like ‘being in the belly of the beast’ since 7 October, Brismes event hears
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‘There’s a silencing effect’: the attack on diversity in the US
Equity, diversity and inclusion staff in US higher education are losing their jobs in the wake of anti-EDI laws, but college leaders are mobilising, reports Rosa Ellis
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Hertfordshire allowed to recommence Bar training after suspension
Recruitment to vocational Bar course put on hold last year amid regulator’s concern over low pass rates
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Senators berate Australian National University over Gaza position
In rerun of US Congress hearing, Australian university executives reprimanded over both insensitivity to antisemitism and ‘complicity’ in Gaza slaughter
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State school share of Cambridge student intake shrinks
First drop in proportion of admissions coming from maintained schools since 2014
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Macquarie finalises plan to halve language programmes
Course cuts will ‘revitalise’ language offerings, make students more employable and ‘address global challenges’, university claims
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Temporary employment rates twice as high in academia, study finds
Swedish report finds almost a third of research and teaching staff held fixed-term positions in 2022
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Neither mathematics nor rationality are ‘European’
Our public exhibition on maths’ global origins aims to stimulate discussion about decolonisation and inclusion, says John Armstrong
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Focus turns to ‘stopped-out’ students as enrolment issues mount
Population of students who have studied at college but not gained a degree grew by 2.9 per cent to 36.8 million, report finds
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Be careful what you wish for
Some right-wing politicians seem to view a university collapse as a prize to be fought for. But in reality, a disorderly exit would be disastrous for all
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Union claims casualisation wins as Lincoln staff vote to strike
UCU says it has secured an average 15 per cent wage increase for supervisors at Cambridge, and pay raise of 14 per cent for some doctoral tutors at Sussex