Reinventing higher education: the battle for diversity
Chris Parr writes from the Reinventing Higher Education conference in Madrid
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Universities need to be ‘ambitious’ to fix the UK’s innovation system
Campuses are one of the ‘strongest bits of the innovation system’ and will be crucial to its ‘rebuild’, conference hears
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PhD students run professors close in Twitter popularity contest
Study finds that, while senior academics tend to have the most followers on social networking site, the most junior researchers are not far behind
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Visa refusal fears ‘force UK universities out of international markets’
Home Office policy viewed as ‘racial discrimination’ by applicants, conference told
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TEF metrics plan attacked by academics
Open letter to Hefce and UUK chiefs attracts 169 signatures as quality assessment and TEF proposals debated
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Xi Jinping’s UK visit: do universities need freedom to succeed?
The Chinese president is visiting several of the UK’s top universities. But would they thrive in China?
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Tuition fee protests spread across South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand suspends proposed increase, as University of Cape Town is among those forced to suspend classes
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The battle over breasts: are bare-breasted feminists hypocritical?
Why is the world still prioritising male interpretation of women over womankind? asks Victoria Bateman
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University of British Columbia chair resigns over academic freedom case
Independent investigation of university finds professor’s academic freedom was not protected after blog posts on gender balance in university’s leadership
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California looks again at powers in wake of Marcy case
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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Are Asian students really less creative than those in the West?
Do the socially conservative societies of Asia stifle creativity, or is this a myth created by a complacent West? asks Jack Grove
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Humanities needs overhaul to stress ‘benefits for industry’
The value of the humanities to business is underestimated, but few departments are able to demonstrate relevance of studies to industry, Singapore audience is told
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Cut HE funding to boost FE, says thinktank report
Policy Exchange calls on government to redirect £500 million from universities to colleges
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US education levels ‘stagnating’ owing to poor record on minorities
President of Vassar College says sector in US has failed to connect with growing minority groups like Hispanic community
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‘Resilient’ ideas from the past offer powerful tools for today
Art and architecture scholars make clear what we can still learn from history