Switch to active learning ‘boosts grades in developing world’
Authors say Omani findings could help drive education reform
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Unison members to join UK university strikes this week in pay row
Cleaners, security guards and catering staff set to be on picket lines alongside UCU colleagues
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Ministers release £484 million to mitigate Horizon ‘uncertainty’
Westminster government provides £30 million for ‘talent and stabilisation fund’ and pumps extra £100 million of quality-related support into English universities
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Accord must address ‘what Australian universities are for’
Sector should use review to break free from internal preoccupation and ‘utilitarian’ focus on private domestic benefit, conference hears
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Rollback of US restrictions on global scientific exchange slows
Academic research leaders welcome shift from Trump hostilities but see unnecessary limits on foreigners in US labs, and uncertainties over unification of disclosure rules
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UK’s university investment zones echo US, but leave questions
Chancellor heralds switch of investment zone focus to higher education institutions in ‘left-behind areas’
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Universities need more funding to go further on pay, says Ucea
Speaking on eve of strikes, new chair George Boyne says affordability is ‘the big constrictor’
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Academics ‘embedded’ in UK parliament to share research insights
Move seen as a way of strengthening links between academia and policymakers to ensure parliamentarians have access to latest scholarship
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India’s new university entrance exam will not fix capacity or fairness
What the country really needs is a common school and evaluation system that compensates for background inequalities, says Gowhar Rashid Ganie
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Equal Pay Day 2022: what is the gender pay gap at my university?
Analysis reveals which UK universities have the widest gender pay gaps
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After 20 years of low pay and neglect, I’ve quit academia to make it better
Building a publishing platform that allows scholars to earn from sales of their papers has put all Pooja Sawrikar’s rage to good useÂ
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Germany’s female professors fund targets smaller universities
Fourth edition of ‘very effective’ programme will look more closely at recruitment processes and science disciplines
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European university alliances need more sustainable funding
Success notwithstanding, managing different shorter-term funding streams while working towards a single long-term vision is not ideal, says Olga Wessels
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Fight ‘bonfire of the humanities’, urges Mary Beard
Classicist hopes her retirement will allow more of the ‘precariat’ to get a foot on the academic career ladder
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Regulator names subjects facing student outcomes scrutiny
English regulator focuses on law, business and computing courses not meeting thresholds for continuation, completion and progression