What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Women鈥檚 Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
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Chicago president: Trump鈥檚 free speech order would be a 鈥榞rave error鈥
Robert Zimmer explains why the US president鈥檚 threat to deny federal funds to colleges that fail to protect free speech is a bad idea
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IFS鈥 English loans report 鈥榖uilds pressure to cut tuition fees鈥
Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues
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Russian science reforms 鈥榓mbitious but unrealistic鈥
Experts question whether new National Science Project will have wide impact beyond creating 鈥榓 few islands of research excellence鈥
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Scrap England鈥檚 subject-level TEF, sector groups urge
The聽teaching excellence framework 鈥渘eeds urgent fixing鈥 at all levels,聽review is warned
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Irish plan offers European roadmap to improve teaching
Ireland鈥檚 efforts to develop the skills of university teachers could be copied elsewhere in Europe, says Terry Maguire and Roisin Donnelly
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Holocaust historians suffer antisemitic abuse at conference
Protesters allegedly called researchers 鈥榙irty Jews鈥 and 鈥榯raitors鈥 in latest intimidation of scholars who emphasise Polish role in the Holocaust
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US-UK alliance to share 鈥榚xperiments鈥 on research commercialisation
New group of eight universities,聽joined by聽MIT and Stanford, sees lack of private investment in 鈥榥iche鈥 university research as a key barrier
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Paul Boyle to be next Swansea v-c after leaving Leicester
Former ESRC chief executive to replace Swansea鈥檚 suspended v-c Richard Davies after his 鈥榩lanned retirement鈥
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Why universities must work together to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Duncan Ross explains why submitting data on global partnerships is mandatory for inclusion in the聽糖心Vlog聽University Impact Rankings
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Student-supervisor relationships 鈥榠nherently risky鈥
Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says
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Some universities 鈥榤ake long-term loss鈥 on 拢9K fee students
Report on financial sustainability of UK universities suggests that any attempt to lower fees could have聽big impact on some institutions
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Doubts raised over minister鈥檚 demand for more English v-c pay probes
Education secretary Damian Hinds鈥 call for more scrutiny of decision-making behind vice-chancellors鈥 鈥榟igh pay鈥 may lead to problems, experts warn