How to be an ally for first-generation students
As lecturers, we can influence whether social background becomes an obstacle for students’ progression, says Siobhán O’Brien
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The ‘Hidden REF’ will highlight research’s unacknowledged heroes
The focus of research evaluation on papers and grants excludes far too many vital contributions. We must change that, says Simon Hettrick
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Thinktanks ‘have stolen universities’ clothes’
Relying on academic research, thinktanks translate findings into the language of politicians and media, EUA president Michael Murphy argues – but not always accurately
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Union censures Toronto after job ‘rescinded over Israel views’
Faculty group’s first boycott order in decade affirms pro-Israel interference, but president Meric Gertler pushes back
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Universities blast ‘EU-first’ plan for sensitive Horizon projects
Joint statement from research-intensive institutions criticises plan to exclude UK and Swiss scholars from grants covering space and quantum computing
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Australian National University in deficit after ‘hardest’ year
Losses far worse than they appear on paper, v-c warns, as institution reels from plunging investment and international income
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Morton Schapiro: campuses must address their own fundamentalism
Book sets out to challenge the simplistic and divisive thinking to be found in disciplines as diverse as economics and literary studies
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‘Nordic’ innovation vision for Scotland backs university mergers
Scotland 2070 authors call for doubling of research spend and for institutional mergers, to boost global clout and innovation focus
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German pandemic law shuts down face-to-face teaching in hot spots
Universities fear ‘emergency brake’ will halt essential medical training and lab work, but in the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal campuses are reopening
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Students see little benefit from Chinese entrepreneurship drive
Encouraging students to start a business could do more harm than good, researchers say
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Universities can’t rely on early adopters to drive transformation
Online teaching could have been much better if institutions had previously taken a communal approach to digital evolution, says Doug Specht
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Show societal worth of research ‘to preserve academic freedom’
Conference hears argument that freedoms are ‘better achieved’ by maintaining public support for universities
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Billionaire donors ‘increasingly shaping’ the research agenda
Vice-chancellor says philanthropy has been especially transformational in low-income countries
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The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance, by Celeste Vaughan Curington and others
Kalwant Bhopal is impressed by a sobering analysis of how racial attitudes shape even our most intimate interactions
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US universities facing toughened rules on foreign funding
With suggestion that academia profits from ‘slave labour’, senators back new threat to research ties