Australia mulls loans for student living costs
While analysts fear cost and debt blowout, loan scheme architect says it can work with careful design
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Scientists fear funding threat to ‘stellar’ MRC research units
New Medical Research Council funding model will undermine world-famous research centres, claim researchers
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The week in higher education – 2 March 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Why Kylie Minogue studies are ‘more important than ever’
Those focused on dissecting pop culture face hostility from politicians, the media and fellow academics, but their work remains vital, ‘Kylie scholar’ Liz Giuffre tells Rosa Ellis
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Curricula should not be decolonised based on partial historical knowledge
Students need to know the broad outlines of global imperial history if they are to judge claims for themselves. But, typically, they don’t, says Ian Pace
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2 March 2023 digital edition
Rust Belt rebound: Does Pittsburgh show how university-led innovation can transform cities?
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Can university-led innovation really create good jobs for local people?
Post-industrial regions the world over are pinning their hopes on universities to reboot them as prosperous innovation economies. But questions remain about the depth and breadth of the high-tech...
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Deakin and Wollongong are first to open Indian branch campuses
Australian institutions plan outposts in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City
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UK international recruitment model ‘heading for a crash’ – v-c
Plugging gaps with higher fees paid by students from overseas has allowed institutions to dodge political battles over funding, but it won’t last
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Joining Horizon Europe could take a year, says George Freeman
Science minister says Treasury should release Plan B funding to ensure UK science does not suffer if negotiations take months
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Navitas snaps up Australia and New Zealand pathway colleges
Buyer displays ‘confidence’ in Australasian student flows, as vendor exits region
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Nancy Rothwell to step down as Manchester vice-chancellor
Neuroscientist to leave post in summer 2024 after 14 years in charge
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Biden delays ban on US universities using foreign companies
After extensive complaints from sector groups, administration postpones but does not abandon prohibition against working with companies from abroad
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Supreme Court justices sceptical of Biden loan forgiveness plan
At hearing ahead of summer ruling, conservative-dominated top judicial body questions administration’s right to offer $400 billion in student debt relief
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Time to shut down Confucius Institutes, says City president
Sir Anthony Finkelstein told MPs that the language centres were an ‘explicit tool of Chinese influence’