Exam results aren’t accurate enough to guarantee fair HE admissions
If A-level grades are only ‘reliable to one grade either way’, where does that leave admissions officers deciding on borderline cases, asks Dennis Sherwood
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17 August 2023 digital edition
Populist push: What does the rise of the new right mean for Nordic universities?
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EU taste for big science excluding small nations, minister claims
Estonian minister says Brussels must drop idea that ‘big is beautiful’ and argues that being ‘agile’ results in faster responses to advances in research
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First-year study abroad gains popularity in US
Colleges conclude that international experience too valuable to delay, but also show caution about mandates and size
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Singapore campus ‘delusional’ for cash-strapped university
Critics say joint venture is doomed to fail in an ‘ultra-competitive market’, but Massey insists it has done its homework
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Professional staff call for holiday equality with academics
‘Unfair‘ discrepancies persist in annual leave allowances despite moves by some universities to introduce parity
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Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s fall from grace could have happened to anyone
We must reform a science culture that sometimes seems to value impact and quantity over importance and quality, say Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall
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Harvard demands personal essays from applicants in equity bid
As part of Biden-endorsed response to Supreme Court ban on race-based preferences, Ivy League elite requires applicants to describe life experiences
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Chicago settles aid-fixing lawsuit
In first concession among 17 elite institutions accused of conspiring to limit student assistance, university also agrees to help cases against others
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Australia needs research integrity watchdog, says report
Independent regulator would overcome entrenched conflicts of interest and remove ‘barriers’ for whistleblowers, according to former corruption commissioner
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University provides safe haven for scholars fleeing Hong Kong
University of Surrey sets up Hong Kong studies hub as political pressures drive Hong Kong academics to the UK
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Redrawing of French student support would be ‘huge change’
Transferable allowances could bring students clarity and flexibility as they become ‘customers who can make demands’, but some worry about workability and vesting unprecedented powers in landlord-...
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Bank card lets consumers fund research projects
Science Card will allow its users to contribute towards a range of scientific research projects through their daily spending
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Higher education must wrestle harder to escape ChatGPT’s death grip
Unless something is done, teaching and learning risks becoming a completely inauthentic spectacle, says Dan Sarofian-Butin
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UCU plans fresh strikes for start of new academic year
UK universities brace for yet more disruption as union prepares for reballot that could take dispute into 2024