Union clashes with managers on turnout as USS strikes resume
UCU claims ‘huge’ support but employers’ association reports ‘low levels’ of disruption
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Liberate teaching materials from paywalls, urges professor
Open access champion also proposes an IB for universities, as competition gives way to collaboration
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Fulbright board member condemns Afghanistan pullout
State Department ‘circumvented Fulbright board’ to shutter programme, putting applicants in ‘danger’, says Heather Nauert
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Don’t stop listening to students when pandemic ends, v-cs told
Partnership and co-creation should be a permanent part of UK campus life, says report
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Corruption in higher education is holding Indonesia back
A scandal over unfair appointments of lecturers to the civil service should spark a broader pushback against nepotism, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung
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Ontario’s francophone university unites old dreams and new pedagogy
The teaching philosophy at the long-awaited institution is based on interdisciplinary programmes and experiential instruction, says its president Pierre Ouellette
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Cut deep, cut early: Covid’s toll on Australian casuals revealed
Belated data show that inexperienced, untenured and non-academic staff shouldered the lion’s share of job losses
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Chinese will not replace English as academia’s lingua franca
Despite China’s rise, even the country’s government recognises that English usage is irrevocable, say Philip Altbach and Gerard Postiglione
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Academic experts should keep an eye out for bias in school textbooks
A publisher’s move to correct the undue influence of pro-Israel groups on a history textbook shows the value of engagement, says John Chalcraft
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US companies boosting their free college commitments
Growing use of third-party services seen aiding employee-students find their options, although with suspicions of hidden costs
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Post-qualification admissions plan ‘abandoned’ in England
Sector sources suggest PQA plan dropped after Williamson exit, although others think alternative changes still under consideration
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University of Iceland ‘addicted to slot machine income’
Institution faces mounting pressure internally and externally to keeping Vegas-style betting machines switched off for good
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Italy’s lettori divided on £36 million plan to end epic dispute
Mistreated foreign lecturers welcome ‘endgame’ of marathon dispute but some say strings attached to a proposed deal are unacceptable
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Buckingham yet to file accounts for last two years
Private university’s last financial statement was for 2018, despite English regulators requirement for all institutions to file annually
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Peer review will only improve if journals’ decisions are audited
Establishing a peer review accreditation scheme would also help incentivise higher standards, says Arfan Ghani