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Keele explores ‘later specialisation’ after new courses pay off
Newly appointed vice-chancellor wants to embrace university’s interdisciplinary heritage while managing financial pressures
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‘Ask what parents do’ to better understand international students
University administrators know little about the money that supports their foreign recruits, or the pressures that come with it
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‘The Shadow Scholars’: inside the essay mills serving students
Academic who travelled to Kenya to meet those ghostwriting university work says practice is ‘completely reshaping our future’
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Test-optional admissions do a disservice to US students
Test scores are a much better predictor of academic progress than school grades – and students need a realistic assessment, says David BlobaumÂ
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Attacks on universities ‘an attempt to control political system’
Former Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff says no sector secure after what has happened in the US
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Funding disclosure ‘first line of defence’ against misinformation
All levels of scientific research must be transparent about where grants come from to avoid ‘manipulation and bias’, global science group says
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Monash University to open second Malaysia campus
Current site ‘bursting at the seams’, says v-c, as Australian university plans 17-storey new campus in Kuala Lumpur’s financial district
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‘Delay, reduce or ring-fence?’ What’s plan B on student fee levy?
Proposal to take cut of international earnings now seen as inevitable after ministers tied idea to reintroduction of maintenance grants
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HE gender gap worsening in nearly half of world’s countries
Inequality between male and female participation rates prevails in most parts of the globe, with 88 countries in worse situation compared with a decade ago
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Research security shortcomings ‘could undermine Horizon bid’
As European nations thrash out ideas to ‘safeguard’ knowledge, Australian progress has stalled, expert warns
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Excluding the over-21s is not the way to gold-plate UK apprenticeships
The post-16 White Paper was a missed opportunity to correct a mistake that will stymie government missions in areas like housebuilding, says John Somers
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Administrator ‘defamed’ in Coogan’s Richard III film wins damages
Former Leicester deputy registrar sued Alan Partridge actor and production companies over 2022 film which showed him in a ‘negative light’