University expertise paramount as world faces ‘scary transition’
Academy and fifth estate must team up, Nobel laureate says, as 3.2 billion people prepare to vote in a reality-free zone
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Harvard accused of pushing out scholar to please Facebook founder
Ivy League university denies Joan Donovan’s claim that huge donation turned leaders against her
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Professor to sue Cambridge over ‘forced retirement’ rules
Institution faces first legal test of its EJRA policy as it grapples with fallout from Oxford tribunal
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US reliance on lottery funding raises university concerns
As state higher education leaders count growing share of support from gambling, experts detail reasons why they should be more alarmed
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In Ivonne del Valle protests at Berkeley, a craving for truths
Long series of demonstrations aims to resurrect troubled lecturer, largely because students value her bigger understandings
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Tally of ‘underpaid’ Australian university staff nears 100,000
All but a handful of universities now tarnished by short-changing scandal, according to academic union
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Offer students incentives to study in-demand skills, says report
Fee forgiveness or more generous student loans could be used to ensure an area’s skills needs are met, argues MillionPlus
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Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible
My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad
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UK to review post-study work visa in drive to cut immigration
Graduate route needs fresh look to ‘prevent abuse’, says home secretary, as increase in visa salary thresholds confirmed
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Gaza university president killed in Israeli air strike
Sufyan Tayeh, head of the Islamic University of Gaza, dies with his family as war resumes
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Talking leadership: Julie Sanders on making the vice-chancellor job ‘less lonely’
Royal Holloway head discusses decentralising university leadership and tapping into the creative industry in Surrey
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‘Deeper malaise’ threatens future of pan-Asian university
Financial shortfalls follow student hunger strikes and faculty suspensions and ‘bode ill’ for long-term future of South Asian University
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Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn
Criticism of Australia’s ‘tax’ on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal
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Scholars ‘stumble through’ as British Library tools stay offline
Loss of access to EThOS archive of 600,000 doctoral dissertations causes major disruption for PhD students
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Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students
As academics are replaced by religious scholars, those that remain fear the worst, while student interest is plummeting, says an Afghan observer