‘Top per cent’ admissions programmes found to boost equity
Research suggests women particularly benefit from schemes that guarantee admission to highest-achieving school leavers
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US universities ride revival of congressional earmark funding
After decade-long suspension due to perceived overuse, federal budget set-asides by individual lawmakers again disproportionately bolstering academia and its science
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Paris-Saclay crisis exposes cracks in mega-university project
Varying degrees of autonomy among constituent institutions has resulted in discontent, insiders say
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University staff overwhelmingly back Labour – with reservations
Sir Keir Starmer’s party receives overwhelming backing in THE poll, despite concerns its vision for the sector lacks detail
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Valorising academic mothers’ heroism just makes it the default expectation
We need, instead, to develop structures that allow everyone to flourish, both academically and as parents, says Eleanor Palser
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Professor loses job after lectures ‘secretly recorded’
Conduct review relies on footage taken inside the classroom without academic’s knowledge
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Reform UK pledges undergraduate restrictions and visa changes
Nigel Farage’s party says ‘too many courses are simply not good enough’ as it outlines pledges for general election
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Staff at Nature journals ready for strike this week over pay
Editors and production staff say final offer is insufficient given recent inflation rises and publisher’s profits
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Can dialogue of experts solve Africa’s decolonisation dilemma?
Senegal’s oldest university is bringing together medical doctors and traditional healers to find potential areas of agreement, its vice-chancellor explains
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Chinese students ‘turned off Australia’ by visa crackdown
Proposed visa caps, soaring rejection rates and ‘anti-China’ perceptions scaring off country’s most valuable student cohort
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Academics despair as ChatGPT-written essays swamp marking season
‘It’s not a machine for cheating; it’s a machine for producing crap,’ says one professor infuriated by rise of bland scripts
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Put voter registration in student inductions, universities told
Report says higher education institutions should do more to foster ‘lifelong active citizens’
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Computer science students must be taught to consider social effects
Departments can no longer be singularly tied to their mathematical and engineering foundations, focused only on what can be built, says Beth Mynatt
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Virtually all patent applications feature men as women lag behind
Rate of women appearing on patent applications was as low as 17 per cent in Japan and South Africa, and just 20 per cent in Germany and Egypt
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‘Stringent’ oversight needed for private PhDs in Bangladesh
Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities