World insight: a mixed bag from new New Zealand government
Stuart McCutcheon, vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland, on the consequences of New Zealand’s recent election
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Bloody meetings (and how to make them work for you)
Stephen Halliday used to hate pointless meetings until he found a way to exploit the tedium
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One in five students doesn’t progress straight to year two
Hefce analysis reveals extent of first-year retakes and transfers in England
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How universities can cultivate creativity in their students
Higher education needs to tap far more effectively into the essential human ability to reimagine the world, claim authors
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Turkey’s anti-intellectual crusade is pure Orwell
Turkey’s president was unwise to evoke Animal Farm when his attack on academics has eerie echoes of George Orwell’s novel, says Umut Özkirımli
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End ‘troubling’ uncertainty over UKRI, says leading scientist
Dame Athene Donald raises concerns about how UK research councils will operate under their new umbrella body
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English universities in trouble if fee cap stays on, says Hefce
Madeleine Atkins says institutions can cope with fees remaining at £9,250 for two years only
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Final years of Horizon 2020 to fund EU’s ‘political priorities’
Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity
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Alison Wolf backs personalised learning accounts for England
King’s College London professor says current loans system means most young people feel they have ‘no choice but to go to university’
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Open access week: ResearchGate and the violation of copyright agreements
Hannelore Vanhaverbeke on what publishers can do to help reduce the number of scholars infringing copyright agreements
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How do research-intensive universities embrace inclusion?
Speakers at the 2017 World Academic Summit discuss how world-class universities are embracing social inclusivity
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Senior academics ‘take too much credit’ in co-authorship
Junior researchers being ‘held back’ by the ordering of names on joint papers, study finds
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THE podcast: 26 October - 1 November issue review podcast
The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team
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New Zealand government confirms plan to abolish tuition fees
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will ‘work quickly’ to try to implement the policy from 2018