UCU split on plans to call ‘indefinite strike’ from February
Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin
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Fairer loan system or graduate tax ‘could save government money’
UAL-commissioned report looks at alternatives inside and outside current system in wake of ‘regressive’ changes
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Ethics committees ‘struggling to deal with’ AI research
Governance of data science research makes it difficult to highlight potentially harmful impacts that might arise, says ethics review report
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Wellcome Trust director takes World Health Organization role
Infectious disease specialist who came to national prominence during Covid will become WHO chief scientist
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Weak leadership and law-making ‘undermining EU alliances’
Ambition of European Universities Initiative will be realised only by competent leadership and ceding more power to EU officials, says EUA president
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University, union share points in enterprise agreement showdown
Professional staff say ‘yes’, academics say ‘no’ as another Australian university bypasses the union
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Fiona Hill: higher education’s future ‘is on the line’
After elite universities took her from County Durham to White House, next Durham chancellor aims to work on spreading benefits of higher education beyond elites
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Talking leadership: Anton Muscatelli on social justice and Brexit
The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow discusses the economics of higher education
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Plos launches open science data collection push
Scientific sharing trailblazer hopes detailed tracking of researcher behaviour will help identify stubborn obstacles to more cooperative environment
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Only about 20 per cent of school-leavers need to go to university
Massification, metrics and consumerism have eroded what was distinctive about UK higher education, says Philip Langton
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UUK seeks ‘bold and serious’ solutions to underfunding of sector
Vice-chancellors’ group launches ‘national conversation’ on future UK-wide research funding and teaching support in England
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‘Avoid all-metric approach to REF’, says review
Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model
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REF robot reviewers ‘not yet ready’ to replace human judgement
Automation should only be used to support peer review and not usurp it, finds major study
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NUS president: Singapore universities ‘caught’ between China and US
Tan Eng Chye discusses tense geopolitics, encouraging lifelong learning and getting past the split with Yale
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Taliban seeks to turn fighters into faculty as exams scrapped
Move by Afghan government ‘opens door’ for more of its supporters to become lecturers, scholars fear