Social class should be an EDI category in higher education
Failure to acknowledge how class operates within academia means many students still feel uncomfortable on campus, says Beth Johnson
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Edinburgh targets senior staff in latest redundancy round
Neighbouring Edinburgh Napier University also announces job cuts as pressure builds on Scottish sector
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NZ research institutions join forces amid fragmentation fears
New agreement, signed in the shadow of eagerly anticipated reviews, will ‘scale up research’ and generate ‘better value’
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New Xiong’an campuses ‘must show they can attract top talent’
Massive expansion of higher education out of Beijing the latest attempt to distribute resources more evenly across China’s regions
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Scottish parties discussing ‘entirety’ of HE funding model
Politicians set red lines in cross-party talks that sector hopes could be start of a longer-term funding solution for universities
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Prestige without purpose? It’s time to reinvent doctoral education
Churning out so many PhD graduates into a weak academic labour market and marginalising innovative doctorates is immoral, says?Ianis Matsoukas
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Better ‘course value’ can improve mental health, finds study
‘Intrinsic worth’ of university experience a ‘protective factor’ against poor well-being and psychological stress, survey suggests
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Replaced by bots? No, AI needs academics more than we need it
Many fear algorithms will displace academics but the technology is already eating itself and its long-term business model remains unclear, says Martin A. Mills. Here he explains why bots will not...
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Sheffield threatened with further strikes over staffing review
Chemistry and engineering among latest subject areas at risk at south Yorkshire university, as Liverpool settles hybrid working dispute
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Student visa refusals hit record levels in Canada
Immigration officers concerned applicants would not leave country?at the end of their stay, according to new report
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Retaining breadth of subjects ‘beyond universities’ means’: UA
Universities need extra funding for ‘important’ but unfancied subjects, and permission to collude without contravening competition law, says Evans
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Trim top tier of fees, Universities Australia tells Canberra
A$770m measure would be a ‘serious downpayment’ on reversal of Job-ready Graduates ‘excesses’, representative group says
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Don’t ‘faff’ in wrongful imprisonment cases, says former detainee
With academics at ‘increasing risk’ of arbitrary detention, governments and universities must tackle cases in a ‘proactive’ way