Japanese university president forced out over self-plagiarism
University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions
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UK needs ‘Institute for Scientific Replicability’, says thinktank
Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report
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University: Cambridge growth plan can help economy ‘take off’
But university insists development ‘must happen for the benefit of everybody who lives in the city and surrounding areas and not at the expense or to the detriment of current residents’
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Accord timeline risks entrenching ‘perverse’ funding rules
Disparaged policies could take root as Australia’s once-in-a-generation higher education review dawdles, critics warn
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High hopes, low expectations for National Research Foundation
By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in...
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Voters worried about student debt but divided on solution
Ipsos polling shows lukewarm support for graduate tax, especially among younger respondents
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Student loan debt is every American’s economic problem
Biden's debt forgiveness plan may have been blocked but everyone will suffer if graduates can't afford to spend, says F. King Alexander
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Personalised tests the future of assessment, says ETS
Head of world’s biggest testing firm discusses expansion, artificial intelligence and major changes to the TOEFL and GRE
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Can educational return on investment be meaningfully measured?
Various methods exist to help students decide which courses will pay off, but all should be taken with a grain of salt, say David Levy and Harvey Graff
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Kenya’s first online university could be ‘transformative’
The Open University of Kenya is expected to begin classes in September
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Ukraine’s builders earn twice as much as academics. No wonder standards slip
Permanent contracts, lighter workloads and higher salaries would boost the flagging prestige of Ukraine’s academy, says Alexander Kostyuk
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Australia’s Universities Accord must not neglect global equity and impact
The interim report’s focus on engagement with Australian communities risks overlooking obligations to the rest of the world, says Craig Jeffrey
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LSE names former Stanford law dean Larry Kramer vice-chancellor
Hewlett Foundation president to join institution in April 2024, succeeding Baroness Shafik
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Sapienza urged to revoke Tunisian president’s honorary doctorate
Petitioners ask leading Italian university to look again at honorary degree for Kaïs Saïed over his replacement theory rhetoric and constitutional power grabs
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University calls for teacher training rethink after ‘good’ Ofsted
Greenwich – stripped of accreditation last year – one of seven to now receive positive ratings from inspectorate