Care leavers and HE: barriers that hinder and support that works
Experts look at the international picture for young people trying to move from care into universities
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Criminal records should not be used to keep people out of college
Stanley Andrisse, a formerly incarcerated person, says removing the criminal history question from the Common Application is a good step but more needs to be done to give people with a criminal...
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Questions over Australia’s research institute transfer market
A divorced institute still living with its ex raises questions about why research centres jump ship
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Women-only posts target gender imbalance in Australian academy
University of Adelaide is latest institution to bar men from applying for specific roles
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Israel minister attacks ‘cartel’ against West Bank medical school
Critics claim Ariel University institute does not meet required academic standards
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Latin American universities join forces to tackle brain drain
Partnership between Colombian, Chilean and Mexican institutions also aims to stamp out corruption
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South African student aid provider in trouble after fees scrapped
National Student Financial Aid Scheme chair stepped down citing “extreme strain” put on payments system
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Academies warn gender studies row risks Hungarian research links
Following proposed ban on teaching of gender studies, continent’s scholarly bodies say government is jeopardising Hungary’s academic standing
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Russian statue mistakenly portrays Scottish chemist
Error on Wikipedia page meant St Petersburg statue used likeness of Thomas Thomson instead of French architect
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Career advice: how to be an impact manager in REF 2021
‘REF season’ is under way and staff who support the development of impact case studies need to consider their tactics. Chris Hewson offers guidance based on his own experience
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Universities on the edge as top institutions hoover up recruits
UK’s least selective universities continue to lose out in recruitment battle
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International is as international does
To be a truly global university, metrics must go beyond student enrolment figures and international student welcome weeks, reflects Christopher Hill
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Far right turns fire on German universities
Using tropes already common in the US and the UK, the Alternative for Germany has accused institutions of being in thrall to the far left
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Journal with two-year publication backlog refuses submissions
Review of Higher Education says it cannot cope with significant increase in number of articles offered
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What Harvard can learn from Texas admission policies
If elite institutions admitted 10 per cent of high school classes there’d be improved university access and social mobility for under-represented students, argues David Orentlicher