Fiona Hill: higher education’s future ‘is on the line’
After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites
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Talking leadership: Anton Muscatelli on social justice and Brexit
The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow discusses the economics of higher education
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Plos launches open science data collection push
Scientific sharing trailblazer hopes detailed tracking of researcher behaviour will help identify stubborn obstacles to more cooperative environment
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Only about 20 per cent of school-leavers need to go to university
Massification, metrics and consumerism have eroded what was distinctive about UK higher education, says Philip Langton
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UUK seeks ‘bold and serious’ solutions to underfunding of sector
Vice-chancellors’ group launches ‘national conversation’ on future UK-wide research funding and teaching support in England
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‘Avoid all-metric approach to REF’, says review
Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model
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REF robot reviewers ‘not yet ready’ to replace human judgement
Automation should only be used to support peer review and not usurp it, finds major study
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NUS president: Singapore universities ‘caught’ between China and US
Tan Eng Chye discusses tense geopolitics, encouraging lifelong learning and getting past the split with Yale
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Taliban seeks to turn fighters into faculty as exams scrapped
Move by Afghan government ‘opens door’ for more of its supporters to become lecturers, scholars fear
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Why are Russian universities pushing African students to fight in Ukraine?
While students are exempt from Russia’s mobilisation, African students’ financial precarity leaves them open to pressure, says Ararat Osipian
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PhD visa delays ‘harming Australia’s prosperity’
Home affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of world’s ‘best and brightest’
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Twitter must do more to help academics fight misinformation
Sector-wide guidelines on sharing and discussing research online would also be very useful, says Laura Hassink
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UK-Ukraine dual degrees to help post-war reconstruction
Institutions invited to host master’s programmes to address skills shortages in areas such as bridge-building
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Keir Starmer’s trip to his alma mater reflects universities’ regional clout
But institutions will contribute much more to both their localities and their planet if they collaborate more, says Simone Buitendijk
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‘Contamination’ risk justifies banning gender critical speakers – report
Claim by University of Essex law academics that ‘anti-trans’ speakers could ‘contaminate’ buildings branded ‘misogyny’ by critics