The UK’s broken PGR support system must be fixed
The cost-of-living crisis is bringing to a head the inadequacy of current funding and support for doctoral students, says Ellie Munro
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Chinese universities must respond to rising graduate unemployment
The economic downturn is beyond their control, but degree programmes could be better tailored to industrial need, says Wu Keming
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Students need practical help, not principles, in the cost-of-living crisis
Covid-19 illustrated how universities are not always good at taking responsibility for the practicalities of their policy statements, says Zahir Irani
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Role of universities overlooked in UK’s new ‘growth plan’
Disappointment as ‘mini budget’ contains no new commitments on research funding or support for students
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UK considers next steps as Horizon Europe deadlock continues
Westminster refers to alternatives rather than arbitration, after unproductive Brussels meeting triggered by legal action
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US mounts dramatic pivot to ‘place-based industrial policy’
Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions
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Shift research towards industry collaboration, urges Aston v-c
Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ‘an active collaborator’ with government, rather than going on the defensive
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Branch campuses ‘not the way forward’ for New Zealand
Island nation looks instead to start university partnerships and boost mobility to reinvigorate its education exports
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Decolonising the music curriculum should be an adagio movement
Careful thought is required before Western art music is condemned and cast out, says James Olsen
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Universities can help the UK flourish – but only with joined-up support
Research support must be realistic, the cost of educating UK students must be properly met, and overseas students remain welcome, says Ian Walmsley
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Cambridge research centre to keep exploring slavery past
University promises more memorials, community engagement and Afro-Caribbean institutional partnership after study into slavery links, setting aside just £1.5 million for legacy fund
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Scholars in limbo as UK quits European University Institute
Intergovernmental institute says ‘symbolic’ split over full attendance at council meetings led to failure of talks
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Ukraine crisis makes rapid appearance on US university curricula
Academic presses struggling to keep up with the demand for once-obscure books about war-torn nation
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US loan forgiveness raises pressure in Canada
Trudeau government faces calls to follow Biden’s lead, although improvement in borrower repayment terms seen as more likely
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Taiwanese universities ‘may fall short’ of 2030 bilingual goal
Some students reluctant to switch to English-language lectures because national exams are conducted in Chinese