One book in three weeks? At some universities that would be a triumph
With undergraduates viewing education as a transaction and AI offering helpful summaries, reading is dying out on UK campuses, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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Welsh parties ‘lack plan’ for universities despite pledges
Post-election coalition could see parties collaborate on funding review, but reforms may be hard to negotiate with Westminster
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Democracy Lab aims to be ‘model’ for overcoming polarisation
New Rutgers institute part of wider movement to help students enjoy ‘healthy experiences’ with politics
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‘We should have fought for a graduate tax,’ says former v-c
After 13 years running Canterbury Christ Church University, Rama Thirunamachandran blames leaders’ ‘self-interest’ and government pressure for current ‘lose-lose’ funding model
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Goldsmiths staff back industrial action over latest job cuts
Union opposes new savings target and questions plans for online courses
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University exiled by Orbán to remain abroad after election defeat
New vision for higher education in Hungary needed after defeat of populist leader, says head of Central European University
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University merger ‘on the cards’ in Western Australia
Cost-benefit analysis ‘broadly supportive’ of amalgamation of up to three Perth universities
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Younger universities ramp up fundraising as alumni ‘less engaged’
Institutions capitalise on local interest in research to drive philanthropy, with Griffith University doubling donations over six years
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Did Michael Gove’s ‘enough of experts’ rebuke change UK academia?
The former education secretary’s throwaway line arguably fired the starting gun for a new era in which scholarly expertise could be dismissed and social media sages exalted. Ten years after the ...
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‘Chilling effect’ of Trump science cuts – even if reversed again
Congress likely to once more block plans to cut billions from agency budgets, but experts fear they will have long-term impact anyway
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Stepped loan repayments mooted as students bear cost of changes
Treasury to generate £679 million in surplus from last Plan 2 cohort, analysis shows, with graduates paying thousands more than under original system
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Regional universities’ city centre campuses avoid clampdown
Australian government declines to follow parliamentary recommendation that rural institutions’ city outposts be investigated
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REF’s experiment with research culture was always doomed
Pretending research environments could be measured by metrics or policies ignored how scholarship actually relies on peer-to-peer relations unique to academic cultures, say Martin Holbraad, Dan...
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Universities trusted more than governments – and schools
Higher education not the only sector facing a crisis of faith, with lack of confidence most pronounced among non-graduates