‘Playful’ teaching gaining credibility, say Lego researchers
Time for academics to get out of their comfort zone, according to scholars who advocate using ‘timeless toy’ in the classroom
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Ex-Columbia president ‘regrets not anticipating Trump attacks’
Lee Bollinger, who led under-fire institution for two decades, says universities need protections as the unofficial ‘fifth branch’ of the US constitutional system
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Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’
UCL settlement opens door to more ‘risk-averse’ institutions having to pay up over disrupted pandemic-era teaching, say lawyers
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Dismissing concern about China as Sinophobia is a disservice to students
The UK’s new Academic Interference Reporting Route is welcome, but senior university leaders have significant blind spots, says Michelle Shipworth
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Parents get more involved in girls’ study choices
Researcher finds no preference for sending sons over daughters to Western universities, but argues gender still shapes decisions in more subtle ways
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HE ‘broken’, says Braverman as she takes Reform education brief
Former home secretary puts universities ‘on notice’ after being appointed to Nigel Farage’s ‘shadow cabinet’
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Report outlines ‘harrowing’ racism on Australian campuses
Findings outline need for systemic whole-of-sector reforms, commissioner says
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ÌÇÐÄVlog Office issues warning as new data shows extent of MRes boom
Further proof of rapid growth in research master’s courses emerges, with programmes with ‘low academic requirements’ and ‘no English tests’ advertised online
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Wales urged to continue ‘life-changing’ student exchange scheme
Taith being wound down as UK prepares to rejoin Erasmus but academics say nation has benefitted hugely from having own programme
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Thai universities at a crossroads as new coalition formed
Incoming government could take sector in different direction, scholars say, depending on which party handed power over key ministry
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Sexual misconduct at Oxford ‘fuelled by emeritus immunity’
Complex governance arrangements and lack of regulation of emeritus titles putting female colleagues at risk, says UCU report
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Australia eyes new medical school to address rural GP shortages
‘Unique’ university-company partnership would produce GPs geared for country practice without eroding other schools’ placements, backers say
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The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
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Students begin further Covid legal action after UCL case settled
Pre-action letters sent to 36 more universities over lost teaching during pandemic as long-running ‘test case’ resolved