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Consider teaching assessments for offshore courses, says Hepi
Reading professor says a version of the Teaching Excellence Framework could provide reassurance about the quality of the UK鈥檚 transnational education courses
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Students 鈥榬outinely abuse鈥 assessment deadline extension requests
Administrative workloads rise as many more learners 鈥榙ishonestly鈥 claim health-related essay extensions, survey suggests
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Banks get tougher as UK universities鈥 debt issues mount
Need to meet commitments on loans taken out in boom years forces institutions to accept worse terms and conditions, or look to non-traditional sources for new funding
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The week in higher education 鈥 19 December 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Unscientific social science is trading under false pretences
Social scientists must work hard to verify their conclusions. Too many that do聽not are rewarded anyway, says Martyn Hammersley
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MPs urge ESRC to rethink defunding King鈥檚 Brexit thinktank
Parliamentarians warn removal of funding for UK in a Changing Europe might be seen as 鈥榙eprioritisation of impact-based work鈥, given its success
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Bedfordshire faces monitoring after OfS registration breach
University required to report to English watchdog as it addresses quality concerns relating to business and management courses
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Australian student caps resurrected in ministerial workaround
New directive prevents officials from issuing more than 270,000 student visas next year, and applies indicative caps on institutions previously proposed through legislation
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LSBU to OU: Dave Phoenix named Open University vice-chancellor
Biochemist heads to Milton Keynes after decade leading London South Bank University
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UK university financial crisis 鈥榝ailing to register with public鈥
Polling indicates lack of awareness over sector鈥檚 funding turmoil, with public seeing more international enrolments as solution to difficulties
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Hungarian universities stay blocked from EU grants despite appeal
Hungary 鈥榟as not sufficiently addressed鈥 conflict of interest concerns, EU聽body rules
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Australia earmarks A$2.5 billion to expand universities
Reforms will redraw funding system and create tertiary education commission, but questions remain over how much cash will materialise
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Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates
Employers鈥 attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase聽doctoral level enrolments
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Italy mandates live delivery and staff ratios for online degrees
New decree, also requiring exams to be held in person, divides opinion among distance-learning universities