No plan to stop ‘disorderly exit’ if university goes bust, say MPs
Uncertainty remains on whether students would be locked out of classrooms mid-semester if a university folded, education committee warns
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Overseas student numbers to reach 9 million but ‘elitism remains’
‘Stark’ regional inequalities persist despite massive expansion of higher education globally, finds Unesco
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Campus jobs should be lifelines for US students – but pay rates lag behind
To support equity and retention, campus employment must align with students’ economic realities, say Robert Glover, Ben Cotton and Tamra Benson
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Northampton says OfS ‘not serving sector’ after courses criticised
Regulator imposes extra conditions on institution following probe into computing courses that Northampton says was based on outdated data
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‘Watered-down’ equality policies revisited after Sussex ruling
Case against university being thrown out ‘swings pendulum’ back towards harassment protections, says legal expert
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Tuition fees ‘taboo’ leaving European universities ‘exposed’
Institutions on the continent much more susceptible to government interference owing to reliance on state funding, report warns
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AI risk to university jobs despite staff believing roles are safe
Automation may be used as an excuse to cut further posts, experts warn, even if it isn’t capable of replacing academics
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If the ERC is the victim of its own success, how can it be saved?
The European Research Council’s swiftly withdrawn proposal to limit resubmissions was decried as an own goal for the ‘Champions League’ of research. But how else can the pressure be eased on referees...
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Declaring retractions is a small step towards accountability in Indian HE
Universities and researchers alike are currently able to distort the truth with impunity. Attaching consequences to retractions could help, says Pushkar
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Australian R&D spending rebounds but cross-subsidy still key
New figures highlight contribution of international education – and danger of shutting it down
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New Zealand to scrap fee-free university scheme
Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’
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Sexual harassment worse at more elite universities
Students on languages, medicine and veterinary sciences courses also report far higher incidents of harassment than sector average