Universities should focus on what they’re good for, not good at
If we’re going to measure what universities do, let’s concentrate on what really counts, says Julian Skyrme
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Impact Rankings 2021: Portugal and South Korea are most improved
Countries have each made most progress in three tables related to the Sustainable Development Goals
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Impact Rankings 2021: table information
A university’s final score in the overall table is calculated by combining its score in SDG 17 with its top three scores out of the remaining 16 SDGs. SDG 17 accounts for 22 per cent of the overall...
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Impact Rankings 2021: Australasian universities dominate
Region retains pre-eminence in league table based on alignment with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Australian government ‘not hostile to universities’: Pyne
Unfavourable policies stem from ‘frustrations’ over stymied reforms, former education minister says
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Teaching universities lead UK’s £60 million crowdfunding haul
Study highlights growing importance of fundraising activity but raises concerns about burden on academics and students
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German Greens promise radical shake-up of higher education
Likely to enter government in the autumn, the party wants a big expansion of student support, 40 per cent female quotas in universities, and academic freedom at the heart of foreign policy
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Yale sanctions open debate on lack of faculty-student party rules
US professors often extend off-campus invites, but generally without official guidelines
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Which arm of the K-shaped recovery will your institution be on?
Tough choices and bold strategies are needed if universities are to navigate the perilous landscape that lies ahead, argue Michael Braun and Scott Latham
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Arts and humanities will ‘deliver us from Covid’
Attacks on the disciplines are ‘source of alarm’, as they are central to employability in teaching ‘how narratives fool us’, THE event hears
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Scientists and spies ‘should work together on research risks’
Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other’s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests
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Access and collaboration ‘key to ensure community benefit’
Experts warn that some will be left behind amid rapid sector transformation
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Universities ‘must work with whole ecosystem’ in developing world
To tackle the SDGs, understanding local context is important for universities in both the Global North and South, conference hears
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Labor backs Australian drive for research commercialisation
Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ‘single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today’
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Attractive pensions benefits are possible without huge price hikes
Action is clearly needed to shore up the USS, but the trustee needs to be more flexible, says Alistair Jarvis