New Zealand universities flounder as lifeline pulled back
Things go from bad to worse for student-starved sector, with unexpended funds recycled one month and repossessed the next
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New rules of engagement in free speech battle
Revised freedom of speech guidelines are pushing universities to be both more active in heading off problems before they start, but also less political
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31 August 2023 digital edition
Burden of proof: Can the REF really measure research environment quality?
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Michigan restores internet after two-day security threat shutdown
Start-of-year outage affects 120,000 students, faculty and staff at major US institution with top cybersecurity programme
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Let’s not turn academia’s divine comedy into a tragedy
University managers’ doomed pursuit of unattainable ideals turns staff into martyrs who see work as sacrifice and suffering. It explains much about why so many feel stressed, harassed and miserable,...
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Interview with Kate Quigley
Molecular ecologist on moving around, moving genes around, how she juggles four concurrent positions and the importance of thinking before you act
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International researchers eye UK exit over health surcharge hikes
Anger over ‘double-taxing’ of foreign researchers thanks to £1,000-plus levy is causing scientific talent to explore job opportunities outside the UK, warn scientists
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End ‘witch-hunt’ against v-cs over high pay, says report
Hepi author warns of ‘dangerous’ pressure to reduce leaders’ salaries in reaction to attention from the media and politicians
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Balancing humility and conviction is the art of disagreeing well
Those with passionate convictions must be willing to concede their arguments may be flawed or even wrong if useful debate is to happen on campus, says UCL president Michael Spence
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The week in higher education – 31 August 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Taiwanese students get ‘mental health days’ as suicides rise
Leading institution joins peers in permitting students to take leave without proof of illness
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Can the REF really address the research environment crisis?
The 2028 exercise’s measurement of the quality of research environments will account for a quarter of overall marks. But what exactly does quality look like? Can it really be measured? And are there...
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Laura Favaro: gender studies ‘groupthink is forcing scholars out’
Researcher who revealed censorship of gender critical feminists says no-debate policies on transgender issues are causing ‘scholarly paralysis’
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Bullying is a feature of UK research universities, not a bug
Departmental hierarchies, job precarity and institutions’ need to protect their star professors enables bullies to thrive in Britain’s top universities, says Wyn Evans
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NIH ban on AI in grant review ‘lacks technological understanding’
Academics say largest US research funder’s policy aimed at stopping ideas theft could also apply to search engines