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Teaching students overseas ‘more vital than ever’, says DMU v-c
Ability to run courses and research in Leicester relies on income from international operations, leader warns after criticism of expansion plans
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Atec urged to act as regions miss out on domestic student growth
Data shows surge in enrolments concentrated in metropolitan universities, as new Australian commission comes into being
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Students see affording living costs as ‘own responsibility’
Financial pressures changing nature of student experience as higher education increasingly viewed in transactional terms
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Nobelist: US science took support ‘for granted’ before Trump cuts
Frances Arnold says US science is ‘paying the price’ for not explaining benefits of research funding for ‘far too long’
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In a male-dominated field, my success became misconduct
When student complaints were made against a high-achieving female scientist, her institution launched a one-man inquiry that found her blameworthy merely ‘for doing my job’, she writes: a ‘textbook...
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Ending bullying and precarity should be the Cambridge chancellor’s focus
In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans
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Non-EU fee changes ‘not enough to bring students back to Norway’
Universities to be given power to set own prices after mandatory rules dropped, but sector says plans must go further
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Manchester bans some staff-student relationships after criticism
University that previously said it did ‘not wish to prevent liaisons’ introduces new rules ahead of regulatory changes
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No bonuses for senior managers as Canberra targets recovery
Cash-strapped university tightens executive pay as it hopes to return to ‘break-even’ position in 2025
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Universities need to ‘redefine cheating’ in age of AI
Widespread use of new tools has ‘blurred lines’ between academic support and misconduct, study finds
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Placement payment rules embrace working students on the breadline
Eligibility rule workaround ensures students living hand to mouth will not miss out, but ‘overly complex’ Australian scheme still branded ‘underwhelming’
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Will ResearchPlus avoid pitfalls that brought down 1994 Group?
Group attempts to capitalise on new era of university collaboration – and show collective worth to government – but will it end up as a ‘pale imitation’ of Russell Group?
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Israel’s strikes have sent shockwaves through Iran’s academic community
The assassination of nuclear scientists has deepened the sense that scholars have become targets of geopolitical violence, says Roohola Ramezani