Reality trumps rhetoric
The disconnect between the UK’s ambitions to be a science superpower and threats of cuts to its research base will cause lasting harm
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Most diversity work is not working and students are paying the price
Efforts to improve access and promote diversity are often undermined by assumptions that they are at odds with ‘excellence’ and academic freedom. Drawing on her experiences all the way from Iran to...
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Online shift ‘won’t widen gap’ between campus and remote students
Equity expert also highlights the risks of competitive grading and the benefits of diverse groupings
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Moving online offers BAME academics the chance to out-cool their masters
BAME scholars have relished the chance to be creators and performers in their own space, free to express themselves fully and creatively, says Jonathan Wilson
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Spread of supervision agreements protects PhD students from abuse
Formal contracts guaranteeing regular meetings, money for conferences, and space to work in are seen as way to mitigate unbalanced power dynamic
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Axed staff on submissions leaves bad taste as REF deadline passes
Academics say its ‘unethical’ for universities to profit from work done by researchers who have since lost their jobs
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The week in higher education – 1 April 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Korea doubles budget for language training overseas
Expansion of overseas language courses could offset declines back home
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Grounded supertanker upsets Easter egg deliveries to UK campuses
Shipping disruption caused by megaship grounding in Egypt has scuppered morale-boosting project to thank beleaguered university staff
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Most UK students expect teaching to stay online for rest of year
Many undergraduates not expecting face-to-face tuition before summer, even though majority are at term-time addresses
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Interview with Julia Lovell
The British sinologist talks about the book that sparked her interest in China, and why she decided to translate an ancient epic
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Catherine Belsey, 1940-2021
Tributes paid to a scholar notable for ‘taking down the borders’ around the study of literature
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Academics should decline grand and global challenges
Universities have decried the GCRF cuts, but being corralled into promoting justice globalism is not academic freedom, says Bruce Macfarlane
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1 April 2021 digital edition
Off the rails: has Australia’s international gravy train run out of steam?
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Is academic freedom still viable in private Indian universities?
Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation from Ashoka underlines that financial autonomy doesn’t remove fear of government anger, says Saikat Majumdar