To avoid ‘permacrisis’, universities must translate their knowledge
Science may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions – but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba
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US universities have spare capacity. Let’s use it for overseas students
While other nations are reaching saturation point, the US has the scope to derive greater benefit from international education, says Allan Goodman
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Australian university to ‘double’ on-campus housing
UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to ‘pounce’ on mid-year vacancies
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Dawn Freshwater: ‘knowledge equity’ can help drive SDG agenda
Auckland v-c wants to use Māori knowledge and research on misinformation to help tackle UN goals
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Visa crackdown shows why students shouldn’t be classed as immigrants
International students spend billions in the UK and the vast majority return home. So why do anti-immigration measures target them, asks Ben Moore
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Law student takes Oslo to court over unrecognised external credit
Legal backers say €40 million class action case could set precedent for universities in around 50 countries bound by the Lisbon recognition convention
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Collegiality helped me endure a rough ride from a columnist
Reaching out to a trusted community reminded Karen Spierling why she values academia enough to defend it in the public arena
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Universities must help make a world where George Floyds can flourish
Tackling racism within institutions is a crucial first step, says Nick Braisby, three years on from a murder that shook the world
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UCU members warned over ‘abuse’ as ‘unity’ congress begins
Activists meet in Glasgow to discuss industrial action next steps – but ongoing divisions threaten to derail unity message
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Health insurance rules ‘putting foreign students in danger’
Senators hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies
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Braverman axing compulsory degrees for police starts ‘backwards step’
Academics warn of damage to progress on equipping officers for modern-day policing and creating a ‘bona fide profession’
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How to transform universities into nature positive institutions
The University of Oxford is assembling a global coalition to improve the sector’s impact on biodiversity
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Iran’s child-bearing directive is a threat to public health
The banning of scientific messages about risks in pregnancy is yet another damaging imposition on academia, says Roohola Ramezani
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Grade inflation rules could cost £100 million a year, OfS warned
Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts
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Simon Schama: ‘Do you think I’d be allowed to write that book now?’
As his new book on pandemics is published, the UK’s best-known historian tells Matthew Reisz that identity politics is inhibiting history, nationalism only intensifies during global crises, and a...