Equity target ‘impossible’ for top-ranked institutions
Boosting disadvantaged Australians’ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds
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US west collaboration aims to boost rural learners, blunt political hostility
Montana-based founder of Networked University idea eyes new way to aid students, share resources and, perhaps, bridge societal divides
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The student experience should be awesome!
Universities should do all they can to expand students’ horizons by exposing them to the transcendentally vast, says Andy Tix
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Hamline president to leave amid Islam dispute
Fayneese Miller, university’s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class
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Sweden’s education minister vows action against ‘cancel culture’
Minister with a doctorate Mats Persson also tells THE he wants Sweden to attract family-minded international researchers
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Sharp drop in students sitting Myanmar’s matriculation exam
Many learners reluctant to attend public institutions as this may ‘legitimise regime’, says researcher
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Canada hesitates to join global research race
Scientific community counts nation’s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can’t budge Trudeau government
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We won’t defeat predatory journals by making a list of them
Many such journals are on government-approved lists and indexed in mainstream bibliographic databases, says Emanuel Kulczycki
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Talking leadership: Hugh Brady on competing with US and China
Imperial president reflects on his institution’s role in UK growth and the importance of collaboration within Horizon EuropeÂ
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Moscow’s Free University, branded ‘undesirable’ by Kremlin, closes doors
Academic council says safety of teachers and students a top concern after Kremlin puts institution on blacklist
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China to evaluate universities with ‘ideological index’
Experts predict a race between institutions to show progress on Communist Party building and ideological activities
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THE launches new Africa-focused ranking partnership
Sub-Saharan Africa Rankings to assess universities on metrics including access, fairness and regional impact
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What if the best way to widen access is to produce more schoolteachers?
Encouraging graduates into teaching would bring a ready-made army of advocates for university study into daily contact with pupils, says Jane White
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Social security eligibility rules ‘forcing students out’
Inconsistent policy settings dislodging ‘financially constrained’ Australians from university study