Faith universities are an anachronism
Churches’ grip on former religious teacher training colleges is incompatible with their remit as publicly funded universities, says Keith Sharpe
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LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’
Three in 10 respondents to UCU survey say that they have experienced homophobic language in workplace
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Bettering Humanomics, by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Laura Harvey applauds an attempt to bring more humanistic modes of thinking into the ‘dismal science’
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Female researchers join forces to make fieldwork safer
Network aims to highlight problem of gender-based harassment in the field, support victims and encourage institutions to improve safeguarding
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US states’ attacks on critical race theory continue post-Trump
Lawmakers and activists work to forbid talk of enduring inequities
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HKU cites ‘national security’ in cutting off student union
Professor accuses university of ‘aligning itself with a propaganda narrative that is not intellectually defensible’
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German universities’ teaching in English is unavoidably flawed
Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions’ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch
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Warning over ‘online study platform’ job adverts
Students who take promotional jobs could face massive fines and prison time, Australian regulator says
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Adam Habib to resume SOAS director role after N-word probe
Report criticises newly appointed leader but says use of term in student meeting did not make him a racist
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Durham picks Oxford humanities head as next v-c
Karen O’Brien to head north following retirement of Stuart Corbridge
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Visas: UK rolls out red carpet for Nobel laureates
Winners of top academic prizes to be fast-tracked through immigration process
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Chinese specialist institutions should strengthen own features for high-quality development
China still needs more industry-oriented specialist research institutions with their own attributes, Yang Dan writes
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Ireland launches post-Brexit push to recruit Chinese students
Country accelerates overseas marketing in light of fallout from Brexit and Covid
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Innovation theorist challenged to walk the talk on ‘levelling up’
Richard Jones has chance to put into practice influential theories on boosting regions through research and development with role in new Innovation GM