Legacy admissions face challenge after affirmative action ban
Echoing conservative Supreme Court, coalition of advocacy groups formally demands end to Harvard’s admissions preferences for relatives of alumni
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South Yorkshire first of UK’s university-centred investment zones
Treasury announces first of 12 zones ‘based around a university and clusters of high-growth industries’
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Transformative agreements are now the key to open access
Commitments to flip individual journals have not proved to be the game changer that Springer Nature had hoped, says Steven Inchcoombe
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UCU pushes universities to up pay offer after public sector rises
Sector leaders insist rises of up to 7 per cent announced by Rishi Sunak are ‘irrelevant’ to higher education dispute
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UK universities ‘easy’ target for Chinese infiltration – MPs
China is ‘stealing UK academic research’ in ‘plain sight’ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee
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Disadvantaged students ‘left behind’ in admissions ‘arms race’
Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies
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Anglia Ruskin merger ‘secures sustainable future’ for Writtle
Multi-campus eastern institution announces union with land-based college
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Universities spent average of £3 million each on 2021 REF
Study finds submitting an individual to UK research assessment cost institutions £6,000 on average
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REF 2021: female academics ‘much less likely’ to be submitted
Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds
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How a peripatetic career made Emmanuelle Charpentier a Nobelist
After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’
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Elite universities take record share of Ucas applications
Number of UK 18-year-olds starting university later this year is expected to be the second-highest ever – but down from last year’s record
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Supreme Court notwithstanding, US universities must still collect race data
The ban on race-conscious admissions does not override the need to monitor progress in equity and social mobility, says W. Carson Byrd
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India climbs to third among G20 nations for research output
China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report
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University of California scholars threaten new strike action
Just months after ending largest-ever walkout among teaching staff, workers at 10-campus public system complain about unfulfilled promises and arrests
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Suspended Indian professors draw international solidarity
More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes