Australian universities lose financial breathing space
Sector surpluses dip below 5 per cent ‘buffer zone’ threshold
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Warning over brain drain of European AI talent to industry
Figures in Elsevier report on AI research landscape are ‘a call to action’
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UK technology body Jisc to merge with Eduserv
Tie-up with public sector provider will reduce ‘duplication of effort, time and money’
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School for spooks: Gloucestershire taps into cyber expertise
Business school’s work with GCHQ and defence employers makes security vigilance a top priority
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Half of US scientists drop out of academia within five years
Study based on fields of astronomy, ecology and robotics suggests huge drop in duration of scholarly careers
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To influence political decisions, choose your approach wisely
Scientists must push an agenda that is free of ideology and celebrates scientific merit, argues Rick Wilson
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Altmetric Top 100: most popular academic papers of 2018 named
Study that suggested death toll from Hurricane Maria was much higher than thought leads this year’s Altmetric top 100
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To get on, skip university and do an apprenticeship – survey
Respondents to Social Mobility Commission poll feel on-the-job training offers better prospects than higher education
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Higher education obsession ‘holds back developing countries’
Universities offer prestige but vocational colleges offer jobs, say leaders in three continents
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Porn star talk exposes role of funding in free speech debate
Managers’ first reaction is usually to ‘look at the bottom line’, but ‘they’re just usually not as crass and as crude as this’
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Winning ways: THE Awards winners share secrets of success
Universities offer insights on tackling the gender pay gap, excelling at research supervision and supporting disabled students
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Why the humanities are crucial in evidence-based decision-making
The rise of technical metrics for accountability has managers straitjacketed to best practices and could overlook the human factor in decision-making, argues Alfredo Cumerma
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Warning over impact of Indigenous discrimination case in Canada
Legal battle between aboriginal former dean and university could halt institutions’ progress on indigenisation, scholars say
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High student-staff ratio ‘pushes Australian campuses to the edge’
‘Proactive’ female recruitment drive closes staff gender gap, but fails to keep pace with enrolments
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Lack of evidence means education is ‘like 19th-century medicine’
Increased statistical evaluation will pinpoint the educational ‘treatments’ that work, says Yidan prizewinner