Don’t rush potential higher education White Paper, Zahawi urged
Suggestions of significant ministerial plan to ‘improve higher education’ this month bring warning not to harm universities’ levelling-up work
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Associate deans ‘less likely to be top research performers’
Paper also suggests higher performers in business schools received lower salary bump if climbing the departmental ladder
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‘We have very little hope’: Brazilian scientists’ despair at cuts
Ninety per cent federal funding cut will leave research projects unfinished and cause massive brain drain, experts warn
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Nicola Dandridge to step down from Office for Students next year
Chief executive’s departure may help new chair to reshape English sector regulator
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Why did no one warn me about conference sexual predators?
Shrugging is not good enough. Victims must be supported to speak out – and conference organisers must act, says Kirsten England
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The strike vote turnout is neither unusual nor surprising
Inequality, Covid exhaustion, sympathy for students, fear of public opinion and frustration with UCU tactics are all factors, says Glen O’Hara
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Best Australian university for graduate pay? Any will do
Institutional affiliation counts for little in determining students’ future earnings, analysis suggests
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Western academics warn against ‘Cold War’ attitude on China
Deteriorating political climate causing self-censorship, conference hears
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What are you reading? – November 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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US humanities graduates feel unprepared for life beyond college
The problem – amid a general mood of satisfaction – may trace to unrealistic expectations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences says
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Southern California sports chief pleads guilty in admissions case
Donna Heinel likely facing three years in prison after using role to serve as main conduit at university with most bribery cases
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Don’t fear losing Elsevier access, California negotiator tells UK
UK universities could easily cope without Elsevier access for lengthy period, says Berkeley librarian who led system through two-year cut-off
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Free college campaigners pledge to fight on after Congress defeat
Funding preschool instead has compelling rationale, but US should extend both ends of compulsory education, say experts
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Italy’s discrimination against foreign lecturers defies law and justice
Would a seventh European Court ruling against Rome really force a change in attitude, asks David Petrie
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Sevenfold weighting boost for New Zealand indigenous research
Funding changes will help generate ‘intellectual infrastructure’, but universities harbour reservations