The week in higher education – 24 June 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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24 June 2021 digital edition
Best foot forward: can South-east Asia’s universities meet sky-high aspirations?
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Rising master’s fees ‘could scupper progress on access’
Postgraduate loans appeared to?narrow gap between working class students and others but Sutton Trust warns that increased costs could wipe out this progress???
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Is South-east Asia higher education’s next global hotspot?
With a vast youth population but relatively low participation rates, higher education in the Asean region looks ripe for expansion. But can challenges over funding, quality and regional cooperation...
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Side-gigging as an editor taught me why academics are despised
Many academics exhibit an appalling degree of exceptionalism and entitlement – and an inability to complete even basic tasks, says Kate Eichhorn
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Humanities ‘decimated’ by Myanmar academic suspensions
Fields essential to country’s development could become ‘unviable’ as faculty are forced out, observers say
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Young University Rankings 2021: the ages of resilience
Young universities tout their agility while older ones trumpet their resources. The pandemic has tested both types, and that could herald a turning point
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UKRI chair pick pressed by MPs on ‘polluting’ career
Ex-BHP chief executive and current Shell chair defends himself as ‘committed to net?zero’ in pre-appointment hearing
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English regulator launches spelling and grammar standards review
‘Patronising’ to expect?lower standards from students from disadvantaged backgrounds, says OfS following newspaper report
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Young University Rankings 2021 digital edition
Young universities have openness to innovation, youthful agility and collegiate attitudes on their side. They will need all these qualities to emerge stronger and wiser into the post-Covid world
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Young University Rankings 2021: results announced
Asian universities further boost their performance in list of world’s best universities founded during the past half-century
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Young University Rankings 2021: the quick and the staid
Data from THE World University Rankings show where young universities are making rapid improvements
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Indiana University students sue over Covid vaccine rule
Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state
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Have young universities adapted better to?the Covid-19 crisis?
The pandemic has hit older populations harder than the young. Might the same be true of universities??Ellie Bothwell considers if?the?flexibility and agility?of?younger institutions made them more...
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Young University Rankings 2021: table information
Key statistics The information shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the?糖心Vlog?World University Rankings. It represents data from...