New Zealand’s new Labour-led government likely to abolish fees
The populist New Zealand First party’s anointing of Jacinda Ardern as prime minister will have big consequences for tertiary education, says Roger Smyth
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England’s OfS plans compulsory TEF and to charge up to £120K fees
Powerful market regulator could also award its own degrees to address gaps in provision, consultation states
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Are current UK graduates properly prepared for the global workplace?
Businesses prefer graduates with international experience, writes Sir Ciarán Devane, and universities must take note
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PhD diary: Where do I begin?
Difficulties in beginning a project may not be a unique problem among writers, says Charlie Pullen, but trialling new ways of learning may help to get the creative juices flowing
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OfS regulatory framework: the biggest change in HE regulation for a generation
Publication of the OfS regulatory framework consultation is a ‘significant milestone’ on the road to a new regulatory regime, says OfS chief executive Nicola Dandridge
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‘Lean in’ to public advocacy in Trump era, US scientists told
Former chief of staff at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy says academics must put aside fears of ‘partisanship’
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Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age, by Victoria Stewart
Rich and strange, detective tales of the 1920s and 1930s are worth unearthing, says Leo Mellor
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Through the Lion Gate: A History of the Berlin Zoo, by Gary Bruce
Ulrike Zitzlsperger on an engaging account of the city’s attraction and what it tells us about society and politics
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How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics: From Welfare Reform to Foreclosure to Trump, by Laura Briggs
The ‘welfare queen’ myth and business’ power is crushing American families, says Lynne Segal
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Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum, by Cynthia Cockburn
Emma Rees on a study of refugees’ remarkable transnational journeys in our post-Brexit, Trumpian world
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Buzzwords ‘helped universities get gold in the TEF’
Strong performers in the teaching excellence framework may have benefited from slick brand-building, Hepi report suggests
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The week in higher education – 19 October 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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EU scholars fear right to stay in UK ‘jeopardised by study leave’
Academic says he is ‘wary’ of applying for projects that involve extended periods of time overseas
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William Miller, 1925-2017
Former Stanford provost, leader in fields of fundraising and international exchanges, remembered
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Interview with Stefan Allesch-Taylor
The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit