‘Book a scientist’: academics find a new way to engage public
German researchers let members of the public fire questions at them in 20-minute slots, and the result is a deep, albeit narrow, form of science communication
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US universities reject Trump call to divest from China
Warning on endowments leaves academic leaders struggling to see rationale
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US campuses try chiding and suspending students to stay open
Colleges, in turn, are accused of ignoring behavioural inevitabilities
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Let artificial intelligence sweep away the gloom
The pivot to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic has shown why university educators should embrace artificial intelligence, says Y. J. Jang
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US students overwhelmingly backing Biden and determined to vote
Expectations nevertheless modest given historical trends and virus complications
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USC admits donor-tied admissions wider than ‘Varsity Blues’ cases
University admits broader problem as actress Lori Loughlin sentenced for fraud
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In Search of the Soul: A Philosophical Essay, by John Cottingham
Ruby Guyatt regrets the lack of women in an elegant survey of a concept we seem not to be able to do without
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UKRI opens postgraduate funding up to international students
The move will help the UK “attract talent from around the globe”, research funder says
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Lab teaching could be revolutionised by switch to online
Advocates for virtual labs finding chance to show cost and equity benefits of online experimentation
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For-profit takeover of Regent’s University London raises concerns
Institution says proposed buyout will ‘secure the university well into the future’ but former v-c fears move will damage its reputation
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Thai protest movement a test for academic freedom
Government issues arrest warrants for students and files complaint against an overseas academic as protests, some held on university campuses, intensify
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Academics have the right to make wrong arguments
Scholars should not face official censure for making provocative statements on social media, but they have a responsibility to embody academic values of empathy and self-reflection in their online...
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THE World University Rankings 2021: methodology
Institutions across the globe provide us with information that we scrutinise rigorously to construct the World University Rankings. Here we explain how we assess data on more than 1,500 institutions...
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Germany’s unique work-study system creaks under pandemic strain
Germany has tradition of student placements in firms and universities, but coronavirus lay-offs highlight lack of state support for living costs
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Universities should rethink their complicity in corporate bad behaviour
David McClough reflects on whether higher education should take to the morally higher ground