The week in higher education – 7 December 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Research Excellence Framework: next REF delayed to 2029
Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity
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Record fall in UK university entry rate, Ucas figures show
End-of-cycle data also confirm falling numbers of international student acceptances, plus a slowdown in overseas applications
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Higher education needs more portfolio academics
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have...
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Can the UK be a science superpower with super-high immigration fees?
Recent increases to already sky-high visa and health service costs have prompted worries that talented overseas-born academics will turn their backs on the UK, undermining the country’s lofty...
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UK, US law must fix clash between privacy rights and protection of life
A web of ambiguity around personal data is stifling universities’ ability to safeguard students’ mental health, say Iria Giuffrida and Alex Hall
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‘Rival’ universities ‘should share facilities’ in funding crunch
Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments
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Don’t ‘waste time’ on another funding review, says Greening
Solutions on higher education funding in England already known, says former secretary of state
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