US faculty promise fight to protect academic freedom
While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead
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Academics hatch plan to save disbanded research centre
History centre shut during University of Brighton cuts could continue as autonomous organisation
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So you want a chair for Christmas. Are you sure?
A professorship comes with prestige, but appointments are opaque and there are other rewarding ways to cap off an academic career, says Ron Iphofen
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Cambridge pro vice-chancellor to lead BBSRC
Geneticist Anne Ferguson-Smith is the third new female leader of a UK research council named in recent weeks
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Leading universities back Switzerland rejoining Horizon Europe
Groups representing 61 research-intensive universities across Germany, France, the UK and Switzerland say that stronger research partnerships strengthen the whole of Europe
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Indian exemption blunts Australian work rights revocation
Canberra’s attempt to reduce backlog of ‘permanently temporary’ graduates hamstrung by trade agreement
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Universities Australia appoints Luke Sheehy as chief executive
Former political staffer and representative group head to take the helm at umbrella body
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Study abroad: US students all but absent from China
While Americans return to institutions worldwide, Biden administration talks of post-Covid academic reset with political rival but largely prevents it
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Macron sets ambitious timeline to transform French research
President wants to turn national research institutes into ‘programme agencies’ and give universities more autonomy, but experts question how effectively the plans can be implemented
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One-dimensional career advice ‘morally unfair’
‘Fantasy rhetoric’ that university leads to the ‘good life’ leaves students feeling ‘betrayed’, Australian study finds
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UK universities must do far more to develop skills for an AI-first world
Financial strain shrinks risk appetite, but Kingston is teaching and assessing the skills employers crave as a core part of every subject, says Steven Spier
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Goldsmiths told to improve student experience in new TEF results
Five more institutions achieve gold awards after OfS resolves challenges to original ratings
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The 10 most popular THE rankings stories of 2023
A look at the most-read THE university rankings articles from the past 12 months
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Free speech ‘deteriorating’ as sector waits for OfS interventions
New complaints scheme may help ensure more open debates on campuses in time but Gaza crisis necessitates action now, say campaigners
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REF 2029: loose Hesa rules ‘risk return of game-playing’
Year-long delay to the next Research Excellence Framework must be used to correct fundamental flaws of proposed exercise, say sector experts