Fears of free tuition crackdown as Chile moves to exempt over-30s
New right-wing president eyes reforms to student finance as part of wider austerity measures
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Junior academics ‘under-represented in university governance’
Female early career scholars found to be ‘largely absent’ from higher-level governance structures in many European countries
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Heavy part-time work cuts into study time in Japan
Most students who work more than 23 hours a week report spending ‘zero minutes’ reading but scholars say time spent in employment not wholly bad academically
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Students feel ‘misled’ after being forced to pay back loans
‘Weekend-only’ learners signed contracts in good faith before being suddenly told to repay money through no fault of their own, says NUS head
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Innovation model questioned after collapse of ‘fraud-hit’ network
Universities set to miss out on promised funding after EU fraud office finds ‘irregularities’ at body that supports HE-business collaborations
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NZ research funding reallocated towards advanced technologies
Agricultural and environmental research lose out, as scientists criticise ‘dangerous confusion’ of government’s switch to ‘smarter investment’
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Diplomatic ties ‘likely to spare other countries’ from visa brake
Increase in visa refusals expected to be used as primary method for addressing asylum concerns for politically important nations
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Scholars urge BBC to rethink changes to archive access
Historians say their ability to study material held in ‘mother lode of all 20th-century archives’ diminished by long suspension of vetting requests
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‘We’re still fighting’: Georgian academics battle drastic reforms
Decades-old programmes among those being lost under new system that prioritises each institution’s traditional strengths
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International students ‘struggling to find paid work’
Employment increasingly elusive for foreigners blindsided by Australia’s steep cost of living
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Why I’m applying to be Buckingham vice-chancellor again
A precipitous fall in the university’s performance can only be rectified by a restoration of academic governance, says Terence Kealey
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News Talks podcast: What is driving branch campus rush to India?
As UK universities queue up to open branch campuses in India, we discuss what has sparked this renewed enthusiasm for a model of TNE previously considered moribund and why many remain cynical about...
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Nigerian academics oppose Coventry’s Lagos plans
Union boss says British institutions should not be opening sites in Africa while UK continues to reject study visa applications at home
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Former Cambridge v-c Borysiewicz set to take over as UKRI chair
Cancer researcher to succeed businessman Andrew Mackenzie at time of major change for research funder