Ombudsman could order fee refunds over sexual misconduct claims
Australian universities say remit of proposed watchdog needs ‘detailed examination’
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Time to come home, Ukraine tells émigré scholars
Minister responsible for higher education tells European universities to stop recruiting its best minds
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Open science funding cuts leave us ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic
Pooling academic resources vital to countering ‘market failures’ in pharmaceutical industry, says Covid Moonshot pioneer John Chodera
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Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings 2024: changes to our methodology
New measures on ethical leadership and African heritage will help address challenges faced by universities in sub-Saharan Africa
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OECD chief: UK ‘doesn’t need more people going to university’
UK ‘needs more good post-secondary education’ but via ‘diversified’ routes, and nations might have ‘limit’ on need for university expansion, says influential expert
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Lack of community for PhD students ‘should be high priority’
Barely half of postgraduate researchers in the UK and Australia feel like they are part of a community of postgraduate researchers, according to major survey
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We protected star Covid commentator, says New Zealand university
Court case raises conflict between academic freedom and universities’ duty of care, says barrister
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If cancel culture is bad, why can’t academics speak up for Palestine?
Why are advocates for free speech over gender issues so silent when it comes to the right to speak out in support of Palestine, asks Maryam Aldossari
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HE leaders must exercise free speech to oppose the justification of murder
The rise of antisemitism on campus is the inevitable consequence of leaders’ failure to call out the Hamas atrocities for what they were, says Joseph Mintz
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Scholars urged to combat ‘manosphere’ misuse of sex research
Scientific writing should avoid use of terms like ‘cuckold’, says paper finding antifeminist online forums often draw on ‘reputable research’
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McDonald: tackle skills gaps or risk economy being held back
Strathclyde principal flags growing realisation that greater national coordination is needed between universities and businesses
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Philippines commission spotlights university attrition rates
Quality and resourcing also front of mind for academic heading first comprehensive education evaluation in decades
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Historian’s comfort women trial was ‘cancel culture on steroids’
As seven-year case against South Korean professor Park Yu-ha concludes, academics say the deep political divisions that lay behind it are not going away any time soon
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Elite university diversity drive raises Australian eyebrows
Top-ranked institutions’ contribution to equity should go further than ‘picking the top 10 students from every school’, experts say
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California ‘reclassifies workers to duck pay rises’ won in strike
Record walkout at top public US system won graduate students a new contract, but ambiguous details have left them struggling with lower-than-expected pay