Mindfulness exercises ‘help students stay focused in class’
Undergraduates who took part in breathing exercise reported feeling less distracted and more positive
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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University Mental Health Day: it's time to lift lid on patchy student support
Ahead of University Mental Health Day on 1 March, Robin Brinkworth argues that institutions must become far more open and accountable on how they are handling student problems
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Top universities and researchers for advances in surgery
Elsevier metrics reveal the institutions and individuals who are driving forward research in the field
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USS strike: is it time to nationalise university pensions?
Warwick's vice-chancellor Stuart Croft explains how radical government action might help to avert the pensions strike affecting half of all UK universities
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'Toxic' hazing culture on Australian campuses revealed
Report focusing on University of Sydney alleges initiation ceremonies have led to assaults, a murder and a suicide
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Question mark over Office for Students in English funding review
Achieving the prime minister’s goal of reshaping post-18 education will require another shake-up of sector regulation, warn experts
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Open-access charges ‘create new inequalities’ in publishing
Researchers at well-resourced, highly ranked universities are more likely to publish in open-access journals
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Academia needs to talk about ‘invisible’ disabilities
Extraordinary demand for a conference on how universities support staff with invisible disabilities highlights how ableism remains widespread in academia, argue Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown
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Dezső Horváth: master of business adaptation
Long-serving dean says institutions must teach ethics and diversify programmes to maintain demand for management education
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Will local or global win in French higher education?
Sciences Po’s dean of research reflects on the currents of change within her country’s university sector
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No platform epidemic is not a right-wing fantasy
Free Speech University Rankings coordinator Tom Slater says academics are peddling myths and smears to downplay the shocking level of censorship on campus
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Indian graduates ‘unprepared’ for workplace, study warns
Bournemouth University research reveals gap between expectations of employers and university curricula
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Jacobs aims to ‘raise quality’ of Australia’s university debate
Group of Eight chair aims to demonstrate that the benefits of higher education outweigh the costs
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Call for more expert training to stop campus sexual assaults
Most Australian university residences will not involve professionals in all student training this year, finds survey