Is Jill Biden US higher education’s secret weapon?
Being married to a long-serving community college lecturer means incoming president will have a regular insider’s view
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The cost of e-books is hobbling university teaching
Academics justifiably express disbelief and outrage when librarians inform them that they can’t afford a particular title, says Caroline Ball
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Only in New Zealand: the academics shaping nation’s Covid response
Rare opportunities arise in a country with a small population and a big regard for science
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‘Global strategy needed’ for refugee students
Experts urge universities to see Covid disruption as an opportunity to broaden access
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THE Awards Asia 2020: winners announced
Both top-ranked Tsinghua and lesser-known institutions lauded for excellence in difficult times
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Humanities applications waning before funding reforms
Australian report tracks shift to vocationally oriented courses ahead of the recession and tuition fee changes
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Research intelligence: does excellence beyond publications really matter?
As debate intensifies on how to measure research excellence beyond publications, Jack Grove asks senior scientists how they assess intangible personal qualities when hiring researchers
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New centre to help reshape China’s assessment of its universities
Academics say Chinese higher education has long been hobbled by the lack of an ‘accurate system of academic evaluation’
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Michelle Donelan: ‘not useful to talk targets’ on HE enrolment
Minister sidesteps question of whether she wants participation cut, while saying rapid Covid tests will be deployed for post-Christmas campus returns
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After Trump, can universities help rebuild the American dream?
Observers concerned by lack of coordinated effort to tackle populism and its causes
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Researchers in post-Soviet states seeking out international funds
Analysis of publication data since break-up of Soviet Union suggests collaboration could be making up for a lack of domestic resources
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England’s higher education regulator to ‘raise quality bar’
Office for Students sets out plans for tougher minimum standards related to student outcomes, including degree completion rates and graduate employment
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What can the West learn from China about keeping campuses Covid-free?
Pre-arrival checks and continuous monitoring of student health are replicable elements of China’s successful approach, say Yingru Li and Jane Duckett
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Former Harvard coach and parent arrested in admissions case
Businessman accused of aiding false charity and buying coach’s house to win sons entry
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Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi: Orientalism and the Mystical Marketplace, by Sophia Rose Arjana
Ruby Guyatt enjoys a sharp account of the shallow Western infatuation with Eastern religions