Sustainability Impact Ratings: a new framework and network for universities
THE is relaunching the Impact Rankings, allowing us to work in closer partnership with participants and evolve the exercise as the SDGs themselves develop, says Phil Baty
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Quarter of UK universities ‘need overhaul’ amid financial crisis
Growing numbers of higher education leaders believe their institutions need to change, but only a minority are confident that they can
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OfS guide sets out ‘high bar’ for curbing free speech on campus
Universities warned against restricting lawful speech as one in three academics claim they are scared of discussing controversial subjects
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Are anti-‘woke’ academics enjoying Donald Trump’s presidency?
Opponents of identity politics can be expected to approve of the president’s crackdown on EDI. But are his assaults on research funding and international students – not to mention his hugely divisive...
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In a fragmented world, employability is no longer one-size-fits-all
Overseas students need skills and knowledge tailored to their national contexts, say Wei Li, Rachael Hains-Wesson, Kaiying Ji and Yinfeng Shen
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Poor students ‘will have to pay more for degrees’ as demand grows
Four in five tertiary education students globally to be in developing world by 2040, World Bank research predicts
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Impact Rankings 2025 digital edition
Universities’ work to align with and promote the SDGs benefits not only their immediate environs but the future of the planet. The Impact Rankings reflect those institutions striving to meet the goals
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Impact Rankings 2025: keeping the light burning
These rankings celebrate universities’ impact – but also hold institutions to account, highlighting where the sector is falling short
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Ensure universities not ‘cast aside’ in AI development, v-c urges
AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala calls for closer collaboration between universities and companies and rebalancing of AI power divide away from US and China
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OfS register reforms ‘being finalised’ ahead of August reopening
Regulator to reopen to new applications after heavily criticised eight-month pause
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Impact Rankings 2025: results announced
Malaysia and South Korea are making the most rapid advances in tables showing best universities for sustainability, writes Patrick Jack
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Muslim women ‘face bias’ in universities globally
Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London
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Impact Rankings 2025: Australia claims top billing
Universities Down Under punch above their weight in global assessment of sustainable development efforts
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De Montfort University in legal dispute over axed Dubai campus
Ex-partner demands reimbursement for £42 million investment in now-defunct branch campus
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AI’s hyperbole ‘making journal abstracts harder to read’
Uptick in ‘unprecedented’, ‘exceptional’ and other grandiose terms within scientific papers can be traced to launch of ChatGPT, say scholars