Where there is discretion over academic freedom, there will be error
Mistakenly labelling material as ‘security-sensitive’ has created a space to learn, says Robert Van De Noort
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UK research spending target: show us the money, says Nobelist
‘Aspiration is not enough’, says Sir Paul Nurse of goal to spend 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D
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Australia’s ‘bifurcated’ international enrolments at risk: report
Regional threats and migration policy changes could ‘jeopardise student flows’, says study
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‘Visa factories’ hijack Japanese internationalisation drive
Key policy exploited by language colleges offering work permits rather than education
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PhD students in ‘financial jeopardy’ after funding award ‘error’
Several students at the University of Toronto have been ordered to repay money received during an award ceremony
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Half of academics in Africa ‘receive no research funding’
Overwhelming majority of survey respondents say lack of money has held back their career
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Weaknesses of English student protection plans highlighted
Office for Students says it will require some institutions to revise their contingency plans for closure
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Deal or no deal? Britain’s universities face up to their own Brexit dilemmas
Mike Finn speaks to university leaders and trade unionists to find out what they make of the prime minister’s Brexit deal
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Bloomberg gives $1.8 billion to Hopkins to remove graduate debt
Tycoon’s donation is record for a US educational institution and seen as potential groundwork for 2020 presidential run
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Another Australian university to establish Malaysian branch
Wollongong move reflects Malaysia’s allure and hot competition back home
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Plan S chief: universities, not open access push, hurting ECRs
Robert-Jan Smits attempts to allay concerns of junior academics considering moving country because of planned publishing shift
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Brazilian academics vow to resist threats to freedom
Scholars subject to ‘threats’ and arrests in the wake of Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential victory
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Campuses warn against metrics-only knowledge exchange framework
Universities say they must be able to supplement metrics with contextual or narrative information
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Grant veto leaves university between a rock and a hard place
Australian institution ‘playing into government’s hands’ by bankrolling stymied project
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Who are the General Rippers of higher education?
The alt-right fear that universities produce liberal, close-minded sheep is comparable to the political satire of Dr. Strangelove, says Ross Cole