Indian states blacklisted as Australian visa rejections soar
Australian institutions suspend recruitment from India’s north, just as politicians and vice-chancellors launch charm offensive
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‘Shopping list’ approach to Horizon Europe ‘leads to deadlock’
Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts
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‘All they wanted was me to cut ribbons’ – Phakeng blasts ‘haters’
Ousted Cape Town vice-chancellor says her departure was a victory for the ‘opponents of change’, but insists she leaves the institution in good shape
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For technology to be our salvation, earlier non-scientific input is needed
We need to find mechanisms to plug in relevant humanities and social sciences from the very beginning of projects, says Christina Boswell
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Process as irksome as proposal, as Sydney staff strike again
Disquiet as sandstone university hires interstate corporate lawyer to bargain on bosses’ behalf
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Will universities stand up for alumni arrested in political protests?
Although some institutions spoke out during China's crackdown on the ‘white paper’ protests, others did not, notes Shaun O’Dwyer
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Alternate rectors by gender, urge Spanish equality campaigners
Taking turns seen as sensible way to bring balance to solo roles, as new law debated by parliament
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The UK can’t solve its doctor shortage without new medical schools
It makes no sense for the country’s new wave of medical schools to be permitted to cater only for overseas students, says Juliet Wright
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University of Cambridge and UCU sign recognition agreement
Long-fought campaign by members finally secures union a seat at the negotiating table
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India campus ‘not educational colonialism’, says Australian v-c
As Deakin plans first overseas outpost on Indian soil, it says the learnings will flow both ways
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Accreditors in firing line as US political temperature rises
Agencies created to help institutions improve themselves, then asked to guard federal student aid, now face fight over battling partisan attacks on academia
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Can UCU’s ‘us versus them’ approach secure its members a deal?
Using Twitter to call people out has landed Jo Grady in potential legal trouble, but will a combative communications strategy force leaders into making concessions?
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South Africa’s xenophobic turn may drive away foreign scholars
Vice-chancellors must challenge populist ideas around who belongs to the nation and whether equity goals can end at its borders, says Srila Roy
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Office for Students plans to bill universities for investigations
Additional fees to institutions that breach OfS rules may focus attention on growing regulatory costs
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Berkeley apologises for retaining indigenous remains
Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban