PhD candidates divided on whether they’re students or employees
While majority do see themselves as staff, discipline and stage of PhD likely to influence how candidates perceive their role, researchers say
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Norway leans in further to student debt forgiveness initiatives
Latest scheme designed to encourage graduates to live and work in less populated regions of the country
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More jobs going as Kent seeks to save another £19.5 million
University opens voluntary severance scheme after struggling on domestic and international recruitment, after cutting jobs and courses last year
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Oxford condemns Gaza activists’ Radcliffe Camera occupation
Bodleian Libraries closed to visitors after latest protest action
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‘Lawless’ Australian universities face new Senate inquiry
Proposed governance probe seen as setback for a sector struggling with social licence
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China hopes for increased cross-border scientific collaboration
New strategy encourages partnerships between Chinese and foreign universities as US institutions shutter joint projects
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Australia anoints new v-c pay watchdog, as old watchdog slumbers
Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator
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Stock inquiry enters fourth year, casting doubt on new OfS duties
Regulator yet to conclude investigation into philosopher’s departure from Sussex despite renewed focus on free speech issues
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My university’s failure to confront homophobia has forced me to quit
Students will now believe they can shut down debate of issues they find uncomfortable, rather than engaging critically, says a queer scholar
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Is the European horizon now clear for Swiss researchers?
Switzerland’s agreement to join Horizon Europe follows a roller-coaster decade during which it was twice excluded from EU research programmes owing to political squabbles with the European Commission...
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No ‘God-given right’ to international students, UK warned
Conference hears that demographic and economic shifts are likely to have significant impact on decision-making of globally mobile learners
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Trump’s freeze on NIH grant approval meetings condemned
White House directive to pause external communications causes chaos at America’s main science funder
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Universities and science united in New Zealand policy overhaul
Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape
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Study permit numbers ‘down 45 per cent’ in Canada post-cap
ApplyBoard report projects that permit issuance is on track to fall beyond Trudeau government’s target
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Biggest post-Covid college enrolment leap in corrected US data
Previously reported figures suggesting fall in recruitment were recently revealed to be erroneous