University staff less happy and more anxious than UK average
Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say
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MIT digital learning dean quits as edX sale backlash grows
Nobel laureate among professors vowing to move courses on to non-profit alternative platform after deal with 2U
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India’s new education minister must push for university autonomy
Dharmendra Pradhan faces an uphill struggle to implement the new National Education Policy, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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New wave of redundancies sweeps Australian universities
Hundreds of roles at risk as fresh wave of coronavirus restrictions sweeps across country
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Digital degree transcripts ‘vital for refugee graduates’
Students from Syria and Sudan unable to progress because of lack of access to certificates
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Post-pandemic recovery requires radical interdisciplinarity
A multidisciplinary approach to the issue of attention is an experiment in charting genuinely new intellectual territory, says Marion Thain
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Putting the social back into social media
We need to work against the grain of platforms that incentivise us to behave in unscholarly ways, argues author
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Critical race theory’s demonisation bodes ill for social justice research
Right-wing politicians’ caricaturing of a mature research approach is a social dominance power play, says Steve Raven
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Inaugural Arab ranking to feature over 150 universities
Institutions across 15 countries take part in first bespoke ranking for region
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Campuses fear losing 10 per cent of fees as Europeans stay away
Latest financial data show how some institutions are more exposed to EU student demand than others
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UK’s Horizon 2020 funding wins ‘tailed off’ post-Brexit
Tens of millions of euros in grants were still agreed by 2020, but UK collaborations may have been affected
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European Research Council bans journal impact factor from bids
For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants
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Academic freedom must include the right to criticise employers
England’s free speech bill should outlaw gag orders that stifle revelations of bad practice, says an anonymous author
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UCU threatens strike action over Sheffield archaeology closure
University council backs shuttering despite widespread opposition
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Kingman: ‘take nothing for granted’ on research spending pledge
Outgoing UKRI chair says this autumn’s spending review will be a ‘make-or-break moment’