New SOAS institute moves Middle Eastern studies beyond conflict
Period of relative stability offers chance to reassess discipline but also risks world losing interest, says director
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Refund students for ‘dud’ degrees, Australian Liberal Party urges
A domestic university ranking system could hold universities to account for all aspects of their performance, says shadow education minister
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Australia cracks down on ‘dodgy’ international education players
While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular
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New federal rules ‘making university mergers more complicated’
Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn
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Two-step grant applications ‘will transform’ Australian research
Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ‘take the politics out’ of grant decisions
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Conservative professor retires from Harvard, views untempered
After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision
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Dissatisfaction with exams and feedback ‘held back elites in NSS’
Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment
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Philippines’ higher education ‘more unequal despite reforms’
‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher
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UK gains ground on US in educating world leaders
Changes in heads of state mean fewer US alumni at global top table, but its figures are bolstered by Stanford graduate Rishi Sunak
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I’m being docked pay for boycotting marking – but I teach for free!
I’m externally funded to do research but I help colleagues by teaching on top. How can it be right to punish me for partial performance, asks Philip Moriarty
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Talking leadership: Bashir Makhoul on making the business case for the arts
The UK’s first Palestinian vice-chancellor discusses proving the value of creative degrees in a hostile climate, how to internationalise rural towns and what growing up with nine siblings can teach...
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UC plan to hire undocumented students ‘cautiously progressing’
Leading US public system eyes legal loophole to help children of illegal arrivals but offers no guarantees scheme will come to fruition
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Iranian academic year could start online amid protests crackdown
Possibility of tensions flaring again on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death sparks attempts to keep students away from campuses
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The delay to Horizon association is only adding to Scotland’s Brexit pain
Every day that the prime minister delays further diminishes the UK’s reputation in Europe, says Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf
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Modest profits from Australia’s international education boom
Rampant discounting blunts income being made from steep increase in overseas students, as regulator plans action on recruitment