US campuses chafing under Covid restrictions
Once a conservative rallying cry, calls to ease protections spread in academia as fast-moving Omicron variant appears less threatening
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UK鈥檚 lead on international mobility in Europe 鈥榮hrinking鈥
Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia聽are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent聽
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A physicist as minister could prompt a quantum leap in Dutch HE
Robbert Dijkgraaf's appointment to the Netherlands鈥 new government has got academics very excited, says聽Mich猫le Wera
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World University Rankings 2023: time to submit your data
Universities can now participate in the next edition of our global league table
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The UK has already met its overseas recruitment target. Time for another
With concerted efforts, the UK could聽attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman
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The academic world must react to the Pillar of Shame鈥檚 removal
Hong Kong University鈥檚 legally dubious dismantling of the monument to聽Tiananmen Square聽should provoke global outrage, says聽Phil C.W. Chan
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Sacked lecturer who university refused to reinstate awarded 拢100K
Union accuses Huddersfield of 鈥榗old and calculated鈥 decision not to give Jonathan Duxbury his old job back
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鈥楽tupid鈥 squabble over Paris name 鈥榮ets France back 15 years鈥
Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who鈥檚 who among republic鈥檚 reassembled universities
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Safeguards on laboratory-modified viruses 鈥榠nadequate鈥
Experts warn of dangerous abandonment of long-standing ethical limits in pursuits of human vaccines and wildlife management
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Australia鈥檚 new research direction is a road to nowhere
Pushing the ARC to focus on commercialisation neglects the complex interdependency between basic and applied research, says Duncan Ivison
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Do we really need deans and provosts?
The pandemic may just push US colleges and universities to do what they should have done a long time ago: reorganise, says Michael Hadjiargyrou
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Allan Rechtschaffen, 1927-2021
Tributes paid to 鈥榮ingle-minded鈥 researcher who could tell you anything 鈥榶ou ever needed to know about sleep鈥
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Be ready for anything
Higher education looks to be beset by any number of challenges in 2022, not least more Covid disruption. Resilience may again be the year鈥檚 watchword
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On Diversity, by Russell Jacoby
Michael Marinetto enjoys a bold attempt to challenge one of the great pieties of our time
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Keeping their heads down: how are Afghan students faring in the West?
Students who escaped the chaos in Kabul are beginning their second terms at overseas universities. But can they concentrate on their studies amid trauma, worries about their families and uncertainty...