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Scotland extends master’s scholarships to Europe post-Brexit
Investment of £2.25 million seeks to stem decline in applications
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Is Western academia keeping up with Asia’s rise?
In the third decade of the so-called Asian century, European and North American universities and governments continue to neglect the world’s most populous continent. As Asia grows ever more powerful...
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David Lindley, 1948-2021
Tributes paid to an expert on Renaissance literature notable for his ‘amusing, forthright and sometimes exasperated views’
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Interview with Catherine Hall
The winner of this year’s Leverhulme Medal discusses what it means to be a feminist historian and how contemporary politics, and a surprising find in Jamaica, changed her research
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology by THE Connect
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Willetts: Tories risking ‘red wall’ if they cut university places
Former universities minister attacks current government thinking and says it should be expanding, not limiting, participation
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Tackle ‘signalling’ head on to ward off criticism – thinktank
Up to 40 per cent of wage benefit from degrees could be down to universities being a signal of prior attainment, says report
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The week in higher education – 30 September 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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New science minister ‘has one month to save £22 billion pledge’
George Freeman must urgently strike alliances across Whitehall to preserve UK government’s ‘once in a generation’ research pledge, say experts
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Extra cash for Covid-hit PhDs and research culture but QR frozen
Research England makes one-off awards for government priorities but no uplift for recurrent research funding
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How many international students is too many?
The pandemic has exposed some anglophone universities’ financial over-reliance on overseas students. But if internationalisation takes a step back in the coming years, how much will be lost...
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Decolonisation does not threaten science or academic freedom
Addressing the very real problem of global epistemic exclusion is inclusive and democratic, says Simon Marginson
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30 September 2021 digital edition
Sky’s the limit? Balancing international student numbers
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World University Rankings 2022 by subject: computer science methodology
Different weights and measures The subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings 2022, brought together with scores provided under...