There's no going back as culture changes
As the number of women in academia keeps climbing, even in the sciences, Tony Tysome hears that the shift in the balance could accelerate. Higher education is set for significant cultural change if...
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UK told to wake up to Asian links
British universities must not treat Asian students as "cash cows", a think-tank warned this week, saying that the good reputation of UK higher education is at stake. In a report on the challenges...
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Fears for enrolments if visa charges rise again
Universities fear that the Government is considering a second substantial hike in visa charges with potentially disastrous consequences for overseas student numbers. The Government came under fire...
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Rape charge dropped but row goes on
Scandal over an alleged assault by members of sports team returns to haunt university president, writes Jon Marcus Prestigious US institution Duke University is under attack for failing to protect...
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Harvard narrows its search
Harvard University has reportedly narrowed its hunt for a president to a handful of candidates: three Harvard administrators and a Nobel laureate, writes Jon Marcus. Two of the finalists are female:...
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Audit exposes grade fraud
A technician at a New York community college has been charged with taking alcohol and cash from students in exchange for using the college's computer to change their grades, writes Jon Marcus. Elvin...
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Tougher visa restrictions in EU present opportunity for Morocco's private institutions
Student numbers at Moroccan universities are growing as visa restrictions make enrolment at universities in France and the rest of Europe more difficult. Many students who, on passing the...
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All revved up over pay claim
The "mental horsepower" of Irish university presidents has become one of the topics of discussion and gossip that take place over coffee in staff common rooms. The unfortunate choice of phrase was...
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Brazilians taught the fine art of revolution
Militant students prepare to study, cook and clean at campus built by landless farmers. Gibby Zobel reports. It is still being built, but Brazil's "university for revolutionaries" is taking in a...
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Defiant French scholar to turn Turk
French historian and writer Jean Michel Thibaux has applied for Turkish citizenship in protest at the French law making it illegal to deny the "genocide" of the Armenians by the Turks in 1915-17....
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Student sues for stress
Kristian Gyoshev, a Bulgarian law student, has attended the last in a series of trials in which he accused the Education Ministry of causing him severe stress by unexpectedly introducing...
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Three words we should like to hear: 'I don't know'
In ignoring uncertainty, evidence-based policy distorts the expert voice and misleads the public, argues Jack Stilgoe BSE, the disease that changed the way the UK thinks about its experts, has its...
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Sally Hunt: If I were voted general secretary of the UCU
The third in a series of three articles in which candidates vying tolead the University and College Union explain what distinguishes them from their rivals. There are lots of political parties, and...
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Frozen out by laptop
It's a ghastly moment when your computer freezes. But spare a thought for Gavin Renwick, Dundee University's new professor of art and policy, who had to give a public presentation of his work last...
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Educational use of discretion
A far ghastlier incident was British historian and cherished Times Higher columnist Felipe Fernández-Armesto's run-in with the US police last week. He was pinned to the pavement by five police...