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The week in higher education – 13 April 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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ÌÇÐÄVlog acquires Poets&Quants
‘Match made in heaven’ bolsters THE's offering in the business education sector
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March Madness college basketball success ‘boosts applications’
Analysis shows institutional recruitment increases after branding and visibility boosts in annual tournament
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Interview with Vinod Menon
The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement
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Are degree apprenticeships ready to graduate?
The UK’s trailblazing marriage of academic study and practical training is billed as a win-win for students and employers. But are universities and companies pulling their weight? Are students...
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13 April 2023 digital edition
Working example: Are degree apprenticeships bearing the weight of expectations?
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US halts plan to block foreign companies
In ongoing retreat from February order that alarmed higher education, Biden officials cancel third-party restrictions
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Overseas earnings do not balance books, Australian v-cs say
With international students flocking here in record numbers, administrators deny they are enrolling foreigners to ‘offset’ domestic declines
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What lessons can Singapore teach about lifelong learning?
As AI makes giant strides, threatening to digitise a whole host of graduate careers, the need to ensure that human employees can regularly upskill and retrain is more urgent than ever. An early...
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Social research is being stymied by excessive ethical oversight
Projects that pose no risk to participants are being distorted or prevented by regulations designed for medical interventions, says Martyn Hammersley
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Jo Johnson: Tuition fee freeze is ‘Corbyn-lite’ policy
Former universities minister Lord Johnson of Marylebone says current fee policy is similar to former Labour leader’s plans for free tuition – minus state subsidy
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Australian representative groups lock horns over research funding
While few dispute the need to increase the quantum, opinions differ over how to share the spoils
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Rutgers faculty begin strike
Unions representing full-time and adjunct faculty walk out at New Jersey’s three-campus 67,000-student system
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Dutch research security hotline sees ‘big increase’ in queries
Minister drafting new ‘knowledge security’ screening procedure as MP and former intelligence staffer calls universities ‘inconsistent’