Folbigg case lights the way for ‘science-sensitive legal system’
Rare involvement of learned academy in establishing ‘reasonable doubt’ over child murder conviction paves way for mechanisms to forestall future injustices
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Global partnership would help tackle sexual and gender-based violence
Other countries could learn a lot from the various initiatives adopted in India since 2013, says Adrija Dey
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Quotas for female students introduced by Japanese universities
Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say
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The endless churn of administrators leaves faculty feeling dizzy
Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt
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UK should rejoin Erasmus+, says Lords report
Success of Turing Scheme should not obscure lost benefits of deeper, reciprocal student exchange initiatives, explains House of Lords review
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Australian government R&D contribution hits all-time low
Figures indicate ‘crisis point’ for spending on science and innovation, learned academy warns
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Student accommodation: little room for manoeuvre
The inadequacies of student accommodation used to be a bit of a joke. Today, with both the system and students under strain, it’s no laughing matter
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Is Western higher education’s soft power weakening?
Amid rising tensions between West and Western-educated Chinese elite, experts counter claim that universities ‘fail to instil Western values’
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Australia to crack down on student-dominated ‘guest worker’ scheme
Home affairs minister flags better migration pathways for foreign students, but tougher entry standards in the first place
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Canadian campuses add black student spaces
In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community
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Should the UK replace journals with a REF repository?
Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang
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Are true friendships possible in academia?
Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of...
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UK deficits at record levels ‘due to pension schemes’
Only two of the 24 members of the Russell Group recorded a surplus for the 2021-22 academic year, Hesa figures show
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US ‘must wake up’ to diminishing research power, or ‘lose to Asia’
Clarivate report highlights reliance of US on research collaboration with China in key fields like engineering and technology
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Frog soup: higher education’s anxieties about AI’s advance
The recent leap forward in AI capabilities has us all gripped. But digital transformation is slow and steady as well as fast and scary