Talking leadership 37: Barney Glover on focusing on community
The Western Sydney University vice-chancellor says sustainability is a hallmark of his institution, including its high-rise campuses
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Ucea chief ‘optimistic’ on routes to avoid ‘perpetual strikes’
Head of university employers’ body talks upcoming industrial action, cost-of-living crisis and future of collective bargaining
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LGBTQ presidents ‘finding their voice’, says long-serving campus leader
Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks
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Being measured and judged alongside friends and colleagues was too much
Goldsmiths’ reduction of people to expendable costs corrodes the necessary conditions for learning. I’m leaving, says Les Back
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Jailed CEU student Ahmed Samir Santawy gets presidential pardon
Rector credits Austrian diplomats with getting student’s three-year jail sentence overturned
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Five universities join forces to offer ‘wrap-around’ support to refugees
Institutions team up to offer scholarships as well as practical resettlement help targeting those affected by the conflict in Ukraine
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Italian postdoc reforms ‘could eliminate 5,000 jobs’
Collapse of government means any extra funding for costlier contracts ‘cannot come for months’
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Truss urged to think beyond Oxbridge after interviews pledge
Front runner for PM’s first major intervention into higher education suggests ‘narrow focus’ and ‘no regard for logistics or legalities’, critics claim
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Companies lobby US Supreme Court to keep affirmative action
As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces
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Bavaria’s ‘experiment’ with non-EU tuition fees runs into difficulties
Complexity of implementing new rules means ‘a lot of effort for little gain’ as most universities opt for status quo
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England needs meaningful modularity
The push for lifelong learning should revive the ‘I can’t decide which of these exciting subjects to study next’ model of learning, says Andy Grayson
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Vision to create ‘Bologna Process’ for Asean countries moves closer
Ambitious scheme would see higher education institutions across 10 countries agree common framework, with a helping hand from Europe
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QAA’s departure leaves English sector ‘lacking expertise’ at crucial time
Internationally renowned experts relinquish quality role just as English regulator steps up interventionsÂ
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Trigger transition funds or ‘face brain drain’, says UK’s Plan B architect
Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue
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Antipodean pay talks stall amid generation-high inflation
Universities face tough decisions as staff argue for wage rises to keep up with cost of living and budgets become increasingly stretched