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How can academics be free to speak out and enquire when the principles of聽robust open debate are under attack from without and within?
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Talking leadership 1: Ron Daniels on the university as a bulwark for democracy
In the first of our new 鈥榯alking leadership鈥 interview series, Rosa Ellis meets the Johns Hopkins University president to discuss how he is realigning the institution to educate students about...
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Free Speech and Koch Money, by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola
Linsey McGoey applauds a bold account of the 鈥榙ark money鈥 fuelling the culture wars on campus
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Interview with Richard McLaren
Sports corruption investigator on feeling sorry for drugs cheat Marion Jones, 鈥榖arely graduating high school鈥 and how sport might clean up its act
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Miah Im, 1974-2021
Tributes paid to a performer of 鈥榮teadfast dedication鈥 who pioneered a new style of opera production at Rice University
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Afghan Chevening scholars 鈥榣et down鈥 by UK universities
Refugee academics claim they face steep accommodation fees and scant relief from institutions
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Transform teaching and access to tackle crises, universities told
Universities face 鈥榬eckoning鈥 on societal relevance akin to last major transformation after Second World War, says Harvard professor on Unesco commission
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Student engagement slips as pandemic curtails collaboration
UK Engagement Survey finds聽less than two-thirds of undergraduates feel universities ensured quality of academic experience during Covid-19
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The week in higher education 鈥 11聽November 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Does the teaching of indigenous knowledge need to be examined?
New Zealand鈥檚 embrace of M膩ori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of聽M膩ori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the聽unintended consequences of this move being stifled...
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Addressing toxic behaviour is in universities鈥 interest
Quite apart from the injustice, institutions that fail to act on complaints undermine trust across entire disciplines, says Irina Dumitrescu
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11 November 2021 digital edition
Meeting of minds: how far should New Zealand鈥檚 embrace of聽indigenous knowledge go?
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No sector experience required for Australian university councils
University governance bodies an 鈥榦utlier鈥 in聽Australia, with sectoral experience an聽oddity
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Call to overhaul harassment complaints after 鈥楧egrees of Abuse鈥
Handling multiple complaints against same alleged perpetrator separately often means pattern of behaviour is harder to spot, academics say
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Zahawi: LSE Israeli envoy protest 鈥榰nacceptable intimidation鈥
University says ambassador鈥檚 event ran for scheduled duration