Market ideologues
You have to love the twisted logic of Australia鈥檚 conservative government, which remains blindly wedded to the failed idea of marketising higher education (鈥淭uition fee caps removed in Australian...
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Hunger for raw facts
To pledge greater transparency about animal experimentation is not enough; the general public need to know the facts (鈥淎nimal testing agreement aims at more transparency鈥, News, www....
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Brazil鈥檚 own goal
The recall from Canada and Australia of students on Brazil鈥檚 flagship study-abroad scheme, Science Without Borders, is a very sad story (鈥淔lying back to Rio: dismay as Brazilian scholars sent home鈥,...
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We need more foxes and fewer hedgehogs
In his essay The Hedgehog and the Fox, Isaiah Berlin, the philosopher, drew on an ancient Greek aphorism to classify famous writers. He wanted to distinguish between those who view the world through...
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Aberystwyth v-c faces chorus of digital disapproval
Petition to oust head follows Twitter hoax set up in her name
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Research funding on the rise
The amount of research council funding universities receive has increased in real terms by about half since 2002-03, according to a new report
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All Welsh universities 鈥榙eserve鈥 share of research cash
Welsh Assembly committee says institutions should receive minimum award regardless of quantity of world-class research
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HR head: union shutout ignited staff enthusiasm
Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading鈥檚 John Brady
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Chatham House Archives published online
First module of digital resource, covering 1920 to 1979, shines light on colonialism鈥檚 end, communism and Cold War
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Campus close-up: GSM London
Unhindered by league tables, a for-profit business-focused institution says it is happily widening participation
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Murder and 鈥榖lasphemy鈥: Pakistan鈥檚 academy in danger
Scholars at Risk Network warns of threats to academic freedom after the killing of a lawyer defending a scholar
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Room for growth in Japan-UK student traffic
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for 鈥榞lobalisation鈥 and more exchanges at university leaders鈥 summit at University College London
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One for all: everyone wants a touch of Sorbonne magic
The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris
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How Saudi Arabia can create an academic oasis
Philip Altbach on three problems hindering the kingdom鈥檚 institutions in their pursuit of world-class status
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Pfizer saga: health warning for UK university research
Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca