Canada budget boosts student aid and biomedical science
Trudeau backs spending despite deep deficit, yet still disappoints academic researchers
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Penn State head: lawmakers at odds with climate-focused students
Politicians emphasising jobs while students want impact, Eric Barron tells THE summit
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US college students battle alumni as they seek racial equity
Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments
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Australia warns UK over essay mills hacking university websites
UK watchdog calls for universities to commit to tackling essay mills, after Australian agency warns of malware redirecting students to contract cheating sites
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UK parents ‘want children on vocational courses, not degrees’
Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans
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Free speech must remain at the heart of UK higher education
Restrictions are rare, but the Russell Group is putting its commitment to the open and rigorous contestation of ideas beyond doubt, says Tim Bradshaw
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Ucas warns against delaying applications until after results day
Report backs post-qualification offers model, rejecting other option set out by government
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Attracting research talent ‘no longer one-size-fits-all’
Conference hears local job opportunities for partners of researchers may be just as important as institution’s scholarly prowess
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UK research shortfall still £1 billion, says Royal Society head
Sir Adrian Smith tells MPs that scientists must redouble efforts to win European grants to offset huge drop in science funding
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Academics want interdisciplinary approach to shaping policy
Universities should rethink their role as a ‘neutral but powerful force’ in times of crisis, summit hears
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SDGs are transforming ‘global academy’ from rhetoric to reality
Focusing on sustainable development is not an original strategy for universities in 2021, but if anything, that only increases the value of adopting the SDGs, says Patrick Deane
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Impact Rankings 2021: results announced
UK university tops third edition of global ranking measuring institutions’ social and economic impact
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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...