#IchbinHanna: German researchers snap over lack of permanent jobs
Scholars, fed up with decades of living from contract to contract, force government to remove video that seemed to celebrate insecurity
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Young universities have much to learn from the campuses of the 1960s
Baby-boomer institutions were pioneers in architecture and curricula, but financially prudent – a potentially winning combination for the post-pandemic era, says Miles Taylor
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Political climate change is putting UK universities in hot water
As the government moves left on economics and right on culture, institutions must show the depth and breadth of their impact, says Sir Chris Husbands
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Steinmetz abruptly quits as chancellor at Arkansas
Social media photos reported, while outsider in conservative state bemoans loss of civil debate
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Tall blackboards and best chalk ‘still vital for mathematicians’
Still much to be said for old-fashioned media that operate ‘at the speed of human thinking’, book suggests
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Academia ‘more stressful than the real thing’ for medics
Australian review finds that the switch from clinical practice into the ‘sausage factory’ of academia can elevate stress levels – even among the most stressed
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Ethics reviewers have moved on from granite-faced bureaucracy
Social media and Covid have forced research committees to become more agile, sophisticated and professional, says James Patterson
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Row deepens over Sheffield plans to close archaeology department
University accused of destroying notes from a meeting, which it says is standard practice
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Indian PhD enrolment up 60 per cent in five years
Nationwide survey shows overall gains in capacity, enrolment and gender balance
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West ‘can learn from developing world’ on tackling harassment
‘Unwillingness to confront’ violence against women a global problem in higher education, British Council conference hears
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Marking boycott campuses ‘playing fast and loose’ with standards
Liverpool and Leicester plan to scale back moderation and external examining, and to use algorithms to generate grades
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10 ways we could reimagine the idea of the university
The pandemic presents a perfect opportunity to think differently about higher education, says David Staley, as he lists potential models of the future
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Australian state gets green light to fly in overseas students
Modest programme spells hope for tens of thousands stranded offshore
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Covid surges in halls spread to local communities, analysis shows
Analysis of data from Scottish universities provides policymakers with food for thought ahead of next term