Talking leadership 6: Mamokgethi Phakeng on culture change
The University of Cape Town vice-chancellor ‘walks a tightrope between the picket line and the boardroom’ to ensure the entire campus community is listened to
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Online teaching’s TikTok pedagogy is leading students a merry dance
Australian universities’ ongoing embrace of digital approaches is cheapening learning – but not in a good way, says Binoy Kampmark
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Been in the Struggle, by Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Tobin Miller Shearer
Robert A. Segal is unconvinced by an argument about the depth of religious racism
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Australia to reopen to international students after Omicron pause
Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms 15 December date for return of overseas learners
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Loughborough goes online over Christmas self-isolation fears
Government guidance wants face-to-face teaching, but university concerned about students getting stuck on campus
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University of Florida academic freedom row deepens
Along with blocking faculty court testimony, university allegedly also courted state politicians by interfering in hiring, research and teaching
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UN warns over private provider expansion in developing sectors
Head of global monitoring report on education says he is concerned about language of market and inequality
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Is academic freedom compatible with political influence over governance?
The Florida governor’s control over the make-up of public universities’ boards makes recent controversies unsurprising, says Mei Lan Frame
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Domestic students ‘bring in more money than internationals’
New book challenges some of the Australian university sector’s holy cows
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Most New Zealand universities opt for compulsory vaccination
Mandates the least worst option, as vice-chancellors await ‘the inevitable court cases’
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US universities must address the trauma of applying for financial aid
The financial effects of Covid may cause disadvantaged college applicants to panic, unclear how to apply for aid or too ashamed to do so, says Amy Glynn
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End ‘state of denial’ and create new universities, Willetts urges
Tory ex-minister criticises ‘policy-Whitehall-Westminster establishment’ for failure to meet ‘high responsibility’ to plan for new universities
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Universities need to work together to make an impact on climate change
Emily Shuckburgh and Alyssa Gilbert, co-chairs of the COP26 Universities Network, draw the lessons from two years of collective effort
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Fast-track Swiss negotiations on Horizon Europe, universities say
European research institutions want question of association to be separated from broader talks on political relationship
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Omicron: move teaching online for last week of term, says UCU
UK union says continuing face-to-face tuition puts staff and students in ‘unnecessary danger’