Shift research towards industry collaboration, urges Aston v-c
Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive
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Branch campuses ‘not the way forward’ for New Zealand
Island nation looks instead to start university partnerships and boost mobility to reinvigorate its education exports
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Decolonising the music curriculum should be an adagio movement
Careful thought is required before Western art music is condemned and cast out, says James Olsen
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Universities can help the UK flourish – but only with joined-up support
Research support must be realistic, the cost of educating UK students must be properly met, and overseas students remain welcome, says Ian Walmsley
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Cambridge research centre to keep exploring slavery past
University promises more memorials, community engagement and Afro-Caribbean institutional partnership after study into slavery links, setting aside just £1.5 million for legacy fund
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Scholars in limbo as UK quits European University Institute
Intergovernmental institute says ‘symbolic’ split over full attendance at council meetings led to failure of talks
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Ukraine crisis makes rapid appearance on US university curricula
Academic presses struggling to keep up with the demand for once-obscure books about war-torn nation
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US loan forgiveness raises pressure in Canada
Trudeau government faces calls to follow Biden’s lead, although improvement in borrower repayment terms seen as more likely
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Taiwanese universities ‘may fall short’ of 2030 bilingual goal
Some students reluctant to switch to English-language lectures because national exams are conducted in Chinese
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Universities must better support students from foster care
Acknowledging such students’ difficult personal circumstances is an important first step to improving their graduation rates, says Ozalle Toms
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US universities rarely hire below their level of prestige
Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions
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Students risk being ‘forgotten’ in cost-of-living crisis – v-cs
Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans
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Amsterdam ‘experiment’ with language caps ‘legally risky’
A groaning university wants ministerial permission to impose separate English- and Dutch-language course caps
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Friday feeling: well-being survey responses ‘differ on weekends’
Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being
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Free speech champions seen as fix for academic freedom ‘crisis’
Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report