For their own good, we should force students to physically attend lectures
Lockdowns demonstrated the damage isolation does to mental health. Why are universities prolonging it by recording lectures, asks Paul Wiltshire
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UCU staff back strike action over cuts to campaign team
Union says it is ‘committed to resolving this issue as a matter of urgency’ as Unite urges it to continue funding for postgraduate rights role
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UKRI rejects call to treat postgraduate researchers as staff
Funder’s ‘New Deal’ will examine welfare arrangements for PhD students but insists they are better off ‘without an employment contract’
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Foisting SDGs on academics ‘abdicates political responsibility’
‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research
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‘Administrative error’ forces second UCU branch to cancel strikes
Staff union steps in to try to protect those responsible for mistakes, as anger grows among membership
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Ucas appoints Ofqual’s Jo Saxton as new chief executive
Chief regulator who oversaw return of GCSE and A-level exams to take over at admissions service
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Indigenous engagement ‘must be more than accidental’
Admission and retention of under-represented students must not rest on the goodwill of a few ‘teachers and role models’, Sydney summit hears
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Ex-Intel vice-president to lead Australian National University
Cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell, a former Intel vice-president, will succeed Brian Schmidt at start of 2024
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‘Jealousy’ and ‘lack of community’ hit interdisciplinary research
Incentives needed to build research across disciplines to address global challenges, THE summit hears
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Auckland faces ‘indigenisation of the university’ debate
New Zealand’s leading university confronts ‘enduring and complex questions’ in diversity drive, THE summit hears
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Universities ‘mustn’t rush into bad decisions’ on controversies
While councils might expect a response ‘after first tweet’, universities ‘lose credibility’ when they vacillate, THE World Academic Summit hears
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Talking leadership: Cheryl de la Rey on tragedy and resilience
Canterbury’s vice-chancellor contrasts her adopted island homeland with her native South Africa and reflects on the opportunities spawned by even the worst horrors
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More US states to automatically enrol top performers in college
After Supreme Court ruling on race-based admissions, top 10 per cent plans find new interest but doubts persist about underlying motives
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V-cs unconvinced as lifelong learning entitlement progresses
As legislation driving rebadged lifelong learning entitlement passes, sector leaders caution that mature learners’ aversion to debt means it cannot bring ‘transformation’ ministers foresee
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Scholars doubtful of Taiwan’s international student target
In departure from previous small-scale efforts, initiative seeks to retain thousands of students for work after graduation