UCU branches back reopening negotiations before November strikes
Jo Grady sets out six-month-long strategy of ‘phased escalation’ after securing historic mandate for further action
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Citizen science can heal societal divisions
This year’s Maddox Prize winner shows how community-led research can help communities escape polarised debates over scientific evidence
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ÌÇÐÄVlog acquires dataHE
Rapidly growing provider of code-based data analysis for UK universities was set up by ex-Ucas executives Mark Corver and Andrew Hargreaves
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Fears for overseas students following Australian cyber breach
Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators
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US Supreme Court signals end to affirmative action as trial opens
Ahead of ruling on Harvard and North Carolina cases, conservative majority on nation’s top court makes clear it leans towards ending predecessors’ 2003 approval of racial preferences in college...
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Talking leadership 48: Duncan Maskell on presiding over disagreement
Melbourne boss explains why knowledge is service, and why unbridled casualisation would displease his dad
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Can enrolling school students help US colleges improve access?
‘Dual enrolments’ jump 11 per cent in a year in what colleges hope is a move that will encourage low-income students to consider higher education
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Political meddling denounced as Indian v-cs told to step down
Directive for nine university administrators to resign ‘unprecedented’ in scale, according to researchers
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Birkbeck ‘threatens to cut 140 jobs over falling student numbers’
Specialist provider of evening higher education classes planning sweeping cuts to departments, union claims
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Remodel degrees around SDGs, not disciplines, says Tony Chan
Interdisciplinary degrees focused on sustainability challenges would excite undergraduates more than discipline-led courses, says KAUST president
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Goldsmiths reinstates academics suspended in job cuts row
Head and deputy head of media department warned students about potential impact of marking boycott
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Andrea Jenkyns’ exit from Department for Education confirmed
Sector awaiting third minister this year following departure of controversial MP
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Biden adds new protections for student borrowers
After granting general forgiveness of up to $20,000, administration completes regulatory process to further ease burden of federal educational loans
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Mary Robinson: ‘moonshot mentality’ needed to beat global warming
Former Irish president tells Glasgow congress universities must redouble efforts on emissions to help hit Paris targets by 2030
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Universities can deliver leadership for a better world
As THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress kicks off at the University of Glasgow, Oxfam’s chief executive Danny Sriskandarajah explains why universities are increasingly important in the fight...