Former v-c David Richardson left crisis-hit UEA with £97K pay-off
Union describes payment made when staff were facing redundancy as ‘unconscionable’, but institution says it was following contract
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Rethink French immigration law, university leaders urge Macron
Restrictions would increase registration fees for non-EU learners, but plans to make international students pay returnable deposits for residence are already in doubt
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Plagiarism policing serves democracy, not white, Western supremacy
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace
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Scholarship organisations should stop looking for reasons to say no
A significant amount of money goes unclaimed even during a cost-of-living crisis because of arduous and opaque application processes, says Eve Dullabh
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McGill warns French-language plan ‘puts its future in question’
Top-ranked Canadian institution calculates financial and reputational cost of premier’s move to penalise use of English, and wonders how it can survive
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Campus security is deepening institutional racism in UK HE
Our research suggests students of colour are more likely to have negative encounters with campus guards, say Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
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Criticisms endure as US-Israel student exchange resumes
After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective
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EU drops limit on fixed-term contracts but sector concerns remain
Revised policy fails to address key causes of research career precarity, university leaders say
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Scottish cuts ‘based on incorrect assumption’ of overseas subsidy
University leaders warn of ‘deepening pain’ from latest cuts, amid ‘concerning headwinds’ on international recruitment
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Gay resignation must prompt reform of US university codes of conduct
Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph
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Paris students decry plans to use housing for Olympics
Supreme court rules student leases can be ended early despite legal challenge
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Has there been an exodus of academics from conservative states?
Difficulties finding new roles and uprooting families complicate desires to leave states such as Florida after political meddling
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The view from the bridge
Recent years have thrown up both predictable challenges and unforeseeable exogenous events at universities. What do sector leaders foresee in 2024?
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My favourite fictional academic
From satirical novels to US sitcoms and cop shows, academics have proved to be rich source material across many genres. Four writers argue the case for who can claim to be fiction’s greatest scholar