28 September 2023 digital edition
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Australian universities ‘seek clarification’ on TAFE degree plan
Representative body backs collaboration between tertiary education sectors but questions TAFEs’ ‘instrumental’ role in degree-level apprenticeships
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OfS trials surveying students on prevalance of sexual misconduct
English regulator expects to publish the outcomes of its consultation on sexual misconduct in the coming months
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UCU calls off Newcastle strikes in error
Union mistakenly sends withdrawal notice to university amid confusion over who is and isn’t taking part in latest walkouts
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Talking leadership: Daniel Diermeier on institutional neutrality
Daniel Diermeier reflects on traversing the increasingly polarised US political landscape and on disagreeing with staff and students pressing for the university to take sides
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Universities baulk at target for parity of outcomes for Māori
We support the idea but it needs funding, New Zealand universities say
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Alaska university system rebounds, but remains badly wounded
Four years after massive budget cuts, enrolment starts perking up, but with doubts that it can help the remote state recover a dire exodus of talent
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Fragmented UCU strikes leave reballot campaign ‘in the balance’
Union attempts to rally members to renew the fight but few branches opt to take part in industrial action planned for start of new academic year
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Whatever happened to the CUDOS of academic values?
Over the past century, capitalism, relativism, egoism and social advocacy have fuelled the decay of traditional academic commitments, says Bruce Macfarlane
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European institutions concerned by Chinese data protection rules
The authoritarian country has rich datasets for research collaboration, but while some new regulations may feel familiar to European eyes, any comfort must come with big ethical caveats, an expert...
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My academic education was not enough to navigate the real world
Experiences in the Congo and the US Congress taught Stephen Weissman that adventurous academics need self-examination and thoughtful adaptation
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India-Canada spat ‘could hit international student flows’
New Delhi could wreak considerable damage to Canadian universities by playing on Indian families’ concerns over student safety abroad, says academic
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Business schools should return to teaching the humanities
MBAs replaced liberal arts with business courses. Demands for humanised corporations require a reversal, say Donald Drakeman and Kendall Hack
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Two-thirds of UCU branches pull out of nationwide strikes
Several major universities face disruption at start of the academic year but appetite for taking action begins to fragment
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Nearly 200 jobs to go but Wellington university averts some cuts
Small windfalls and ‘passionate advocacy’ spare several dozen more redundancies at Victoria