Japanese universities pin funding hopes on Kishida cabinet
Sector leaders want to see cash flow beyond top universities and borders reopen for international students
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BAME awarding gap shrinks under ‘flexible’ Covid marking policies
Use of ‘no-detriment’ rules during pandemic may have contributed to shrinkage, Advance HE report suggests
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Will my popular science book bring any career benefits?
Universities must give credit for the broadened skill sets that the pandemic has prompted academics to acquire, says John Tregoning
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Kathleen Stock: UCU statement ‘ends my career’ at Sussex
Union calls for university management to take a ‘clear and strong stance against transphobia’
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Deakin cuts 200 jobs as Australian redundancies roll on
Union queries necessity, as sector braces for the loss of hundreds more positions
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Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022: methodology
Emerging economies are still maturing, as are their institutions. The Emerging Economies University Rankings recognises this, and we recalibrate performance indicators in our World University...
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The Trick: can BBC ‘Climategate’ drama reset global warming debate?
Jason Watkins stars in show exploring human costs and political ramifications of hacking of emails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in 2009
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English universities await clarity on impact of GCSE entry bar
As spending review looms, government debate on grade threshold for entry bar may decide whether it is ‘symbolic’ or more
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US colleges hit by wave of student labour unionisation
Demands pushed by pandemic fears, labour shortages, awakened student athletes and Biden encouragement
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Sage needs more disciplinary and geographic diversity, say MPs
In early days of crisis, ministers should ‘act quickly’ rather than wait for scientific certainty, committees add
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Calls to decolonise assessment do students a disservice
Manipulating assessment to generate equal outcomes sabotages an engine of fairness in a meritocratic society, says Glenn Fulcher
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Northwestern picks Rebecca Blank as president
Current chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison will be private institution’s first female leader
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Nobel prize in economics honours natural experimentation
Card, Angrist and Imbens of Berkeley, MIT and Stanford take honour for social investigations
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What are you reading? – October 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan
Harvard Beijing Academy becomes Harvard Taipei Academy, amid concern about friendliness and accommodation