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Admissions testing giants agree merger
ETS acquires ACT as universities adopt more flexible approaches to standardised testing requirements
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Oxford reported to OfS over alleged ‘free speech failures’
Campaigners highlight concerns around way university handled student protests ahead of complaints scheme launching
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‘Kindness’ of colleagues valued over ‘empty’ managerial promises
Satisfaction gained from academic jobs undermined by mounting workloads and ‘creeping’ administrative burden, finds study
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‘I thought we were safe’: shock at Exeter’s humanities ‘gamble’
Leading department being in the firing line shows how changing student preferences are fundamentally reshaping universities
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Large-scale application fraud in China could undermine international HE
Behind many successful applications to overseas universities lies an ecosystem of consultants, brokers and test manipulators, says Sabrina Wang
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Karikó: ‘scientists publish when they have nothing to say’
Nobel winner and mRNA vaccine pioneer criticises career-driven publications that lack scientific novelty
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Burnham ‘to end dominance of universities in education system’
Likely next prime minister promises parity between academic and technical education
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Nobelist: cross-border science crucial for fixing climate crisis
Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi says international research alliances must be scaled up to prevent environmental disaster
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Keep politics out of European early career funding, sector says
Research organisations warn against introducing thematic priorities for prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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Venezuelan universities support relief efforts after earthquakes
Unimet professor confirmed killed in disaster as institutions harness their resources to support those affected
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University ‘inaccessible or irrelevant’ to white working classes
Just half of white working-class pupils say they’re likely to attend university, compared with 82 per cent of their middle-class peers
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Minimum entry standards ‘blunt tool’ to tackle franchise abuse
Introducing language requirements for whole sector undermines government’s widening access mission, universities say
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Concerns mount over cuts to German academic partnerships
Phasing out of international collaboration schemes adds to fears for future of global research