Grady: don’t make staff pay price for UK sector ‘cannibalisation’
Union ready to ‘robustly protect education’ amid widespread job cuts, as leader changes tone ahead of re-election battle
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UCU challengers: the candidates trying to unseat Jo Grady
Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sidesÂ
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Frozen toothpaste and a warming planet: why we camped out in Davos
It is vital for academics to speak science to power, from bona fide billionaires to hard-pressed policymakers, says Stuart Brocklehurst
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Consultancy is the unsung hero of university innovation. Let’s do more
Consultancy not only transcends disciplinary boundaries within universities, but also between academia, industry and other actors, says Amanda ZeffmanÂ
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Interview with Mesias Alfeus
The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics
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It is time for open access to move on from institutional repositories
The British Library cyber-attack underlines that HE and research libraries’ technologies and policies put us at too much risk, says Fiona Greig
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Ninth-graders guaranteed admission under Fresno access scheme
University hopes to build ‘culture of college-going’ with early offers to local high schoolers
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UCU Left’s Trotskyist politics are driving UK HE’s perennial strikes
Elitist, undemocratic activists’ revolutionary aspirations explain their enthusiasm for futile industrial action, say John Kelly and Adam Ozanne
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Can internationalisation save South Korea’s emptying universities?
As the domestic youth population plummets, Korean institutions are looking to international students to make up shortfalls. But can such a strategy compensate – and can it be enacted in time? Pola...
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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Talking leadership: Julie Sanders on making the vice-chancellor job ‘less lonely’
Royal Holloway head discusses decentralising university leadership and tapping into the creative industry in Surrey
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Australia cuts post-study work visas by two years
Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal
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If international students are welcome, UK policy and rhetoric must show it
The UK government must pledge to maintain the graduate route and confine its review to genuine abuse, says Jamie Arrowsmith
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Coventry set to cut nearly £100 million as sector crisis bites
Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam to open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff
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English universities have a central role to play in the devolution agenda
Civic mission demands close collaboration with combined authorities to ensure graduates, research and relationships are fit for purpose, says Katy Shaw