World University Rankings 2022: mountains to climb
Universities in low-income regions worry that the Covid crisis could stymie their life-saving research and life-changing teaching. Ellie Bothwell writes
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Interview with Saikat Majumdar
Ashoka University professor and novelist discusses academic life in the US and India, as well as his next novel, which explores ‘the ethics of education’
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The week in higher education – 2 September 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Biden threatens to withhold funding from colleges over vaccines
US threatens aid cut if states prohibit Covid protections, and then makes clear university campuses are included
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Why we are including ‘reporter’ institutions in our World University Rankings
For the first time, universities that submitted data but did not meet the eligibility criteria for our global table are listed. David Watkins explains why
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World University Rankings 2022: Australasian universities hold firm
While Antipodean institutions have fended off competition from Asia, the full impacts of Covid are yet to flow through
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Do national research assessment exercises still pass peer review?
As an international review of the UK’s REF begins even before the assessment panels have done their work, has the exercise’s reliance on rereading published papers finally had its day? Might it be...
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Academic freedom can mean refusing to teach material that is too traumatic
Keeping going through the pandemic has proved a huge challenge for many working in universities. Being asked to present a story involving an abused child proved a step too far for Rachel O’Donnell
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The sins of authors should not bar their works from reading lists
Students’ task is never to read authors uncritically but to fully grasp all sides of every argument, says Eric Heinze
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Is the REF still useful?
Block grants need to be divided up, but UK research quality does not depend on a regular national audit
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2 September 2021 digital edition
World University Rankings 2022
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Tech without humanities ‘ends in situations like that of Uighurs’
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used
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Indigenous reconciliation ‘can get in way of action’ for universities
Notions of reconciliation and treaty should be treated as ongoing journeys rather than destinations, summit hears
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Female unhappiness over research authorship decisions revealed
International survey of scholars finds women are more likely to feel aggrieved over decisions regarding author credit or ordering
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‘Living lab’ applied research ‘the basis for’ local engagement
Summit also hears how successful universities can drive damaging gentrification in their cities