Universities urge stability with UK graduate visa at risk
Alarm that immigration targets may trump universities’ pleas as government mulls new policies
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Ethnic diversity of UK academics still lags behind student body
Institutions mustn’t let diversity efforts go backwards as funding crisis grows, vice-chancellor says
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Reconsider reliance on US tech companies, universities warned
European universities urged to review dependence on Amazon, Google and Microsoft as Trump policies expose vulnerabilities
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Are Australian universities failed by too-short election cycles?
In recent years, politicians have flip-flopped in their attitudes and policies towards higher education, amid controversy over ‘woke’ agendas and the social effects of immigration. Ahead of next...
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Building connections with AI industry is vital to keeping degrees relevant
Universities must also be flexible enough to facilitate continuous course adaptation as technology advances, say Caroline and Lee Clewley
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Technological universities ‘losing talent’ without professorships
Irish institutions hope new employment grade could help retain staff and drive research
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Boycotts and lawsuits could help US universities ‘fight’ Trump
Resistance strategies emerge as White House attempts to make elite universities fall in line
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Cardiff union goes ‘nuclear’ with marking boycott plus strikes
University and College Union disputes institution’s claim to have significantly reduced job cuts figure
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Job losses set to soar at regional Queensland university
Staff blame recent bout of recruitment as USQ prepares to cut more than one in 10 workers
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China research spending outstrips US despite faltering economy
Tariffs and further economic barriers only likely to drive spend on science and technology higher, analysts predict, amid hopes innovation can kickstart recovery
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Will unions’ new wave of anti-cuts strikes change anything?
Activists say action is ‘keeping vice-chancellors at the negotiating table’ but experts believe reversing overall direction of travel is unlikely
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Defer chunk of v-c pay until long-term impact known, inquiry told
Withholding hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars seen as a way of enabling ‘clawback’ of future losses resulting from ‘unobserved risky behaviour or malpractice’
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Many UK universities’ trans inclusion policies contravene equality law
Recent cases brought by gender-critical employees show that going beyond the law can easily turn into stepping outside the law, says Akua Reindorf
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Abrupt closure of aviation college leaves students in limbo
Pilot and engineer training provider suddenly enters administration after operating for 90 years, with most courses ending immediately