Interview with Angela Zhang
Law professor discusses China’s position on AI and what’s really driving government intervention in the country’s technology companies
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Spousal hiring ‘gives with one hand and takes with another’
Astronomer hired on fellowship supporting scientists to return from career breaks says hoped-for permanent role was not advertised and handed instead to partner of outstanding minority appointee
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Universities fearful as UK riots spark overseas student ‘anxiety’
Fears nationwide unrest may deter prospective international recruits after turbulent period for overseas enrolments
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The week in higher education – 15 August 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Afghan university enrolment halves under Taliban
Ban on women attending university further hampering crisis-plagued Afghanistan’s development, warn experts
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UW-Milwaukee tests decade-old tenure law with layoffs plan
Closure of college with 35 faculty members may be first time controversial law enacted in 2015 is utilised
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Will the funding crisis confine UK research to elite universities?
At a time of increasing financial constraint, jobs are being shed even in UK departments that ride high in the Research Excellence Framework, while time allocations for research are being cut. Can a...
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As the father of four students, I think far too many people go to university
A-level results day celebrations belie a vicious spiral of demand for degrees that damages students and society, says Paul Wiltshire
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UK research’s islands of excellence need flood defences
As a loss-maker, research is under pressure as fears of insolvency rise. But universities must do all they can to shore up a key element of their impact
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15 August 2024 digital edition
Sinking feeling: Can UK scholarship survive outside the research-intensives?
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Interest in UK study from Nepal bucks international trends
Study visa issuance to Nepalese citizens has grown in three of the top four English-speaking destinations
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REF 2029 ditches open access mandate for books
Rethink on Research Excellence Framework’s demand that submitted monographs should be freely available follows fierce condemnation of a policy described as ‘unaffordable’ and ‘excessively...
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Average master’s fee higher than postgraduate loan for first time
While value of government-backed loan has increased by 21 per cent since 2017-18, average fees have soared by 43 per cent
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Most academic mothers take on majority of childcare duties
Unfair distribution of responsibilities persists even though four in 10 partners covered by study also work in universities
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Narrowing A-level choices limit students’ university options
More sixth-formers choosing to study only STEM or social science subjects, squeezing university arts and humanities departments even harder