Canadian campuses battle labour uprisings and political meddling
Covid lockdowns, provincial budget cuts and political interference driving strike activity among faculty feeling disrespect
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Top German universities fear exclusion from innovation funding
All types of institution must be welcome if new funder is to achieve its true potential, sector groups say
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New London engineering school ‘will dare to be different’
TEDI-London will strive not to conform to teaching orthodoxies despite pressures from founders and regulators, says its dean
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UK universities seek ‘common approach’ on tackling drug abuse
Task force to draw up sector guidelines once survey results are collated
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What do the World University Rankings tell us about gender equality?
The shares of female students and academics at global universities have barely changed in five years, according to THE data
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To level up, empower regions to invest in skills and education
The UK government’s White Paper is a good start but needs to do more to link local learning with local needs, says Marius Ostrowski
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Access tsar sets out plans to implement school-university focus
John Blake details planned changes to access agreements and defends focus on graduate outcomes in terms of ‘high-status jobs’
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Nobelists back petition for Swiss and UK Horizon association
Stick to Science campaign launches with more than 200 signatories covering industry, charities and academia
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White House science adviser Lander quits over bullying claims
White House tried to keep MIT-Harvard professor in top post after he apologised for belittling female colleagues
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Social scientists’ abandonment of book publishing laid bare
Losses perceived for holistic views as communications modes show humanists embracing data-heavy styles of the hard sciences
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‘Put shoulder to the wheel’ on school standards, says access tsar
John Blake rejects suggestions that it is not universities’ place to help close attainment gaps, in first speech in new role
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Young University Rankings 2022: methodology
Using 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators, we provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons to rank global universities created since 1972
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Talking leadership 12: Dwight McBride on fighting racism
The president of The New School in New York says universities are often underprepared for their first black leader
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The UK and Switzerland must be admitted to Horizon Europe
Time is running out to strike a deal that will cement the continent’s scientific strength, says Jan Palmowski
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Gender quotas for research grants ‘risk unintended consequences’
There is no simple answer to entrenched inequities in research funding, Australian agency finds