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First Amendment ‘abandoned’ as scholars fired over Kirk comments
‘Massive influx’ of cases following killing of right-wing activist represents new stage in campus free speech battle, say critics
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Should an academic replace Melvyn Bragg on In Our Time?
With the veteran BBC presenter leaving the landmark Radio 4 show, some say the job should next go to one of a growing breed of academic broadcasters
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Lingnan row highlights ‘decline of Hong Kong campus freedoms’
Scholars doubtful over future of campus activism as universities move to distance themselves from student-led organisations
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Public still supports EDI work in UK universities, finds poll
Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’
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Immigration anxieties mustn’t obscure overseas academics’ merits
The flexibility and insightful observation that cultural ‘outsiders’ are forced to develop confers several advantages for academics, says Adrian Furnham
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Proposed Erasmus+ budget ‘bare minimum needed’, universities warn
Umbrella body calls for more investment and warns against focus on political priorities for EU mobility scheme
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Vietnam’s plan to create world-class universities ‘a tall order’
Government ambition to quickly develop up to five elite institutions could end up taking decades, warn experts
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Jarvis: ‘A lot more change is coming, we don’t have any choice’
New chief executive of Advance HE discusses university finances, EDI pressures and plans to pivot body from ‘development to transformation’ agency
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Specialise or else: Australian review targets focused research
Registration requirements and compact negotiations would be reformed to funnel universities into ‘focus areas’, under panel’s draft proposals
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Trump funding shift pits minority-serving institutions against each other
Manufactured scarcity will undermine MSIs’ solidarity and risks reopening opportunity gaps in minority communities, says Marybeth Gasman
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Oxford Business College to sue Phillipson over funding block
Institution at centre of franchising debate says it has lost all its students since courses de-designated
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KEF 2025: Russell Group shines on research spin-out investment
Results of the fifth annual Knowledge Exchange Framework show research-intensive institutions performed most strongly on intellectual property and commercialisation
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UK ‘would lose 135,000 domestic places’ if fee levy introduced
New modelling estimates that controversial proposals could wipe about £2.2 billion from the UK economy in just five years