Pedagogy has nothing to teach us
Most lecturers dread educationalists’ holier-than-thou, discipline-blind invocations of the latest teaching fads, says an anonymous academic
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The glut of prizes is undermining the true value of research and teaching
Universities are now committed to ‘celebrating success’ and to treating every failure as just a stepping stone on the way to further success. Yet this, argues Joe Moran, is a betrayal of what really...
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How should universities approach decolonisation?
The movement to ‘decolonise’ university curricula has leaped into the political and educational mainstream in the wake of George Floyd’s death, dividing opinion on campus and beyond. Anna McKie...
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Colleagues ‘over the moon’ at academic’s release from Iran
As Australia’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert prepares to come home, UN human rights observers express grave fears for Iranian-Swedish academic
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January university start ‘off the table’ for UK admissions reform
Ucas signals that admissions body has moved towards supporting post-qualification offers
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UK boosts research budget but fails to confirm £22 billion target
Chancellor’s spending review research boost leaves questions around earlier promises, as funds committed for Erasmus replacement
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Canada takes new look at universities in its remote north
Indigenous peoples balance patience and autonomy with the lure of education and jobs
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Many masters, few functionaries as professional ranks transform
Unpublished Australian data show that number of regular support staff positions has shrunk while executive roles have expanded massively
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Three universities unite for new bid to scale up Sheffield’s AMRC
Plan seems to unite various factions after acrimony, but could hinge on Whitehall’s post-Cummings appetite for research ‘levelling up’
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Students rage as China campus lockdowns drag on
Some students have been stuck on campus for months despite no local cases being reported
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Universal higher education is the key to combating misinformation
A high level of public information literacy will minimise the spread and influence of falsehood, says Tim Blackman
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Online learning exacerbates inequality in India
‘Technocratic’ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says
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Australian universities entered pandemic on record reserves
Snowballing international earnings buttressed universities’ wealth ahead of this year’s crisis while relegating federal government to minority funder status
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Australia’s lockdown state unveils A$2 billion innovation fund
Victorian budget also confirms hardship packages for universities and foreign students and recovery strategy for international education
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Nature journals pilot payment for ‘editorial assessment’
Prestigious journal group seeks to spread cost of publishing across a greater number of authors than those accepted for publication