The Trick: can BBC ‘Climategate’ drama reset global warming debate?
Jason Watkins stars in show exploring human costs and political ramifications of hacking of emails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in 2009
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English universities await clarity on impact of GCSE entry bar
As spending review looms, government debate on grade threshold for entry bar may decide whether it is ‘symbolic’ or more
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US colleges hit by wave of student labour unionisation
Demands pushed by pandemic fears, labour shortages, awakened student athletes and Biden encouragement
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Sage needs more disciplinary and geographic diversity, say MPs
In early days of crisis, ministers should ‘act quickly’ rather than wait for scientific certainty, committees add
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Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022: methodology
Emerging economies are still maturing, as are their institutions. The Emerging Economies University Rankings recognises this, and we recalibrate performance indicators in our World University...
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Calls to decolonise assessment do students a disservice
Manipulating assessment to generate equal outcomes sabotages an engine of fairness in a meritocratic society, says Glenn Fulcher
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Northwestern picks Rebecca Blank as president
Current chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison will be private institution’s first female leader
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Nobel prize in economics honours natural experimentation
Card, Angrist and Imbens of Berkeley, MIT and Stanford take honour for social investigations
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What are you reading? – October 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan
Harvard Beijing Academy becomes Harvard Taipei Academy, amid concern about friendliness and accommodation
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‘Mixed messages’ on face coverings on campus ‘harm compliance’
Crowdsourced data suggest some institutions have toned down their rules on masks in recent months
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Publishing paper in top journal costs about $1,000, says study
Prestigious scientific journals are charging vastly more than the costs they incur for each article published, claims contested study
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Would you like to join our new World University Rankings advisory board?
We are looking for people who are passionately committed to higher education and can be ‘critical friends’ to the rankings
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Nobel wins show basic research ‘key to climate battle’
Environment-linked discoveries dominating Nobel Prize list demonstrate enduring need to support fundamental science, say experts
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South-east Asian universities should be externally audited
When observance of university rules is subservient to internal political considerations, standards and fairness suffer, says Afroz Shah