Time to end era of lost academic talks, says edtech founder
Edtech entrepreneurs, including Mendeley founder, have launched a new platform to share noteworthy online academic seminars
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We need authoritarian-proof higher education models
Following the military coup, Burmese faculty and students fear annihilation of a budding modern higher education system, says Kyaw Moe Tun
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Australian sexual abuse survey ‘more robust’
Methodological issues in 2016 study will be addressed, representative body says
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End ‘panic and forget’ cycle of basic research, says virologist
Author of ‘sleeping beauty’ coronavirus paper says her experience is ‘incredibly strong’ argument for funding basic science
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UK universities’ withdrawal from teacher training would be a disaster
A deeply flawed government consultation on ITT risks precipitating teacher shortages and undermining university research, says Ems Lord
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Want better student engagement? Turn your course into a game
Gamification is not a magic bullet and it will not magically make the most boring task exciting, but it can be a catalyst for change
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The integrity arms race is expensive and unsustainable
Awareness campaigns and reconfigured assessments are key to reining in cheating, says Ashley Norris
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Spiegelhalter: scientists straying too far into policy advocacy
Cambridge statistician tells THE World Academic Summit that experts’ media role in pandemic had not been ‘unalloyed success’
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Developing-nation universities looking for Western partners
Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise
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After Yale-NUS divorce, can liberal arts survive in Asia?
Fait accompli shutdown ‘a metaphor for the decline of Western liberalism in Asia’, say experts after Singapore decision
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Get at-risk research collaborators out of Afghanistan, UK told
Ministers ‘negligent’ over failure to issue visas to scholars and activists who worked with British-based academics
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Limit replays of recorded lectures to a year, says union
UCU warns that unauthorised reuse of lecturers’ materials across multiple academic years could lead to strike action
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UKRI’s new open access policy will hinder open science
Only unrestricted access to journal articles’ version of record will fulfil the aims of the open access movement, says Carrie Webster
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Branch campuses coming of age as pandemic disrupts mobility
But offshore bulwarks take many forms – and in some institutions, staying at home works best
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World University Rankings 2022: can China make the top 10?
THE data reveal the areas where China’s top universities are ahead of their global peers and where they have the most ground to make up