News Talks podcast: Is the Greater Bay Area the next HE hub?
We discuss the ambitions of Shenzhen and other cities in China’s Greater Bay Area to develop higher education systems that match their global economic and industrial clout
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Bloomsbury Institute suspended from recruiting overseas students
Private provider temporarily blocked from international recruitment amid UKVI probe as seven universities face visa action plans
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Smith: OfS ‘shouldn’t back off’ from free speech issues
Skills minister says regulator could have handled Sussex investigation better but ‘lessons have been identified’
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‘Significant’ amount of data stolen in Nottingham cyberattack
Hundreds of thousands of email addresses understood to be affected in hack claimed by notorious ShinyHunters group
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Ireland invests €460m in new industry-focused research centres
Initiative to create more than 800 PhDs and involve several leading universities but academics concerned about country neglecting blue-sky research
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North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund
Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research
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OfS green-lights three-year student caps for TEF poor performers
Regulator scraps overall ratings after consultation on revamped exercise but commits to plans to limit growth at bronze providers
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Value-for-money ratings for university degrees hit 13-year high
Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans
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IELTS test provider fined £875,000 over marking failures
Nearly 100,000 tests incorrectly marked due to issues with automated system
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To maintain trust in open access, we must finally complete the transition
Hybrid journals’ double-dipping is causing funders to stop paying APCs. Pricing transparency and universal open access is urgently needed, says Fred Fenter
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Can Hong Kong make an academic pearl of China’s Greater Bay Area?
The manufacturing powerhouses of Guangdong sit just across the border from Hong Kong, but the region has traditionally lacked the academic prowess that the former British colony has in abundance. A...
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Wrong to compare student loans to PPI scandal, says Jacqui Smith
Labour politicians defend student finance system, including retrospective changes, as they suggest uplifting higher education funding is not a priority
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Levy puts participation in Erasmus in doubt, says Europe expert
Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme
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Barring universities from China trade mission ‘massive own goal’
Sector’s absence from Starmer’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai ‘wasn’t for lack of trying’, says Birmingham vice-chancellor