Jonathan Haidt on a fragile generation of students
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English funding review on timing tightrope as loans reassessed
Augar review needs to take account of key ONS debt study but get in ahead of spending review, observers warn
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Muslim students feel ‘under suspicion’ on UK campuses
Major study finds that many Muslim students are self-censoring and disengaging from UK campus life
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The week in higher education – 6 September 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Emma Chapman
The winner of the Royal Society’s Athena Prize talks about tackling sexual harassment and learning that scientific heroes are people, too
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Bangladesh’s private universities must offer a better workplace
A failure to treat staff fairly and consistently impedes academic standards and hurts students, says Sheikh Nahid Neazy
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University study should not be the enemy of well-being
Education can and should be central to good living. That insight is key to tackling the student mental health crisis, says Beth Guilding
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If academics don’t acknowledge nuance, who will?
Gender bias in the academy is all too real, but we should be just as wary of confirmation bias, says Terri Apter
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USS crisis: can the pension system be reformed?
Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King and economist John Kay address the USS’ so-called funding crisis and propose a fairer approach to sharing risk between employers, employees and generations
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Scientific excellence and social relevance are two sides of the same coin
Universities must look beyond a narrow conception of impact to communicate the true value of higher education to society, say Ulrike Felt, Maximilian Fochler, Andreas Richter, Renée Schroeder and...
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Australia plans new guidelines to address student mental health
Government pledges money after report found problem had been ‘largely ignored’
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Bid to warn US students about spiralling debts
US lawmakers voting to expand mandatory student loan counselling, despite little expectation of any meaningful dent in ballooning debt levels
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THE Podcast: the competition for global talent
University leaders from Russia and India and an executive from Microsoft discuss how to attract and retain top-tier academics
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English review timing may ‘slip’ until after key loans work
Philip Augar predicts ONS study could increase ‘public scrutiny of taxpayer subsidy for HE’