Global alliance of universities urges government action on climate change
Open letter calls for ministers to support academic research on sustainability during week of United Nations climate change conference in Paris
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Emerging economies want world class universities too, and they’re doing all they can to get them
The BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings show the diversity of global HE, says Chris Parr
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Government confirms cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowance
Universities should expect to take ‘primary responsibility’ for many areas of support, minister says
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Andreas Schleicher: TEF relies on ‘proxies’ for teaching quality
OECD’s head of education calls for international system to measure graduate learning outcomes in Hepi lecture
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World insight: Australian HE in an era of uncertainty
David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia, on an erratic period of change for universities
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If teaching needs fixing, is TEF the right tool for the job?
Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill
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Drop link between TEF and fees, vice-chancellors urge MPs
Birmingham v-c among those warning BIS select committee against Green Paper proposals
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Turkey’s new HE laws are ‘assault on education and free speech’, critics claim
New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’
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Student enrolments in Canada reach 2 million
Increase led by growth in number of international students
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Teaching metrics: what on earth will anyone learn from them?
An aggregated university score would be designed to serve government bean counters, not students, says Athene Donald
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Campus police growth in US prompts questions
The increasing involvement of university forces in deadly incidents is raising scrutiny
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University careers increasingly marked by ‘precariousness and uncertainty’, scholars hear
Even academics in ‘safe’ positions are feeling insecure