PM’s intervention ‘only way to stop’ £1 billion UK research cut
Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn
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Upskill fatigue: will hybrid and hyflex tip academics over the edge?
Will institutions be willing to invest in the spaces, technology and workload support required to effectively teach these methods? asks Amanda White
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UK launches national centre to accelerate AI use in universities
Team of experts will pilot AI products and provide support and training to institutions
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If you want impact, why aren’t you writing for Wikipedia?
Universities must ensure that academics who contribute to the vast online encyclopedia are given the credit they deserve, says Piotr Konieczny
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UK’s cut to research funding from overseas aid hits 70 per cent
Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year
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Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said, by Timothy Brennan
Lennard Davis reflects on the dilemmas of the biographer in reading a new life of his friend and mentor Edward Said
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Biden forgiving $1 billion in student debt at for-profit colleges
Administration describes move as opening bid to revive aid for sector’s victims
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National obsessions
The HE policy debate may shift, but in England the idea that we might be over-educating is always lurking – it’s a hydra that needs decapitating again
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Adam Habib to ‘step aside’ as SOAS director during racism probe
Leader only started in January but provoked fury by using N-word in call with students
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Ministers urged to end ‘Hunger Games’ fight between FE and HE
Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ‘ideologically fuelled’ deepening of divide
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David Willetts: ‘I find the concept of over-education repellent’
Graduate employment outcomes are obviously crucial. Yet we must be wary of judging courses and institutions on the basis of a few useful but misleading metrics
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Remote learning hits Australian student satisfaction
Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement
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Universities are going to ‘listen to students’, but which ones?
Profound change is in the offing for higher education, but history suggests non-Western students’ voices will not be heard, says Farish A. Noor
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‘European universities’ dream falters amid funding uncertainty
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
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Be honest and take sides on big issues, universities told
Policy expert suggests institutions could back Brexit, a republic or rebrand themselves as a ‘Black Lives Matter university’