Willetts: move universities from DfE ‘treating them like schools’
Tory former universities minister urges shift of responsibility to DSIT and binning of ‘Thatcherite rhetoric’ against industrial strategy
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Interview with Joan Donovan
The research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy talks about growing up in an environment of aggressive scepticism, and then battling an academic culture...
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Is Justin Trudeau failing the Canadian science test?
Canada’s Liberal government swept to power eight years ago promising to undo the damage inflicted by the previous Harper regime. However, after a big early funding spike for basic research, there is...
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Queen’s University Belfast thrown out of Ucea over local pay deal
Institution says it stands by decision to offer staff wage rises in order to end marking boycott despite being ejected from national body
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Awards Asia 2023: winners announced
Vishwakarma gets leadership prize for ‘deep commitment’ to surrounding communityÂ
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Prospect of more local deals deepens fractures in UK pay dispute
With national talks aimed at ending the marking boycott at a standstill, some universities are looking to take matters into their own hands
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Liberal arts degrees must change to meet industry needs
Liberal arts programmes should be revamped and rebranded to emphasise the competencies they provide graduates entering the workplace, says Costas Spirou
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The old tunes might not be the best ones
When Covid closed borders, universities’ over-reliance on international student fees looked like disaster. Are they any less exposed today?
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The future for Asia’s universities is collaboration
Collective effort can combat misinformation, respond to climate change and harness the power of AI for the good of mankind, says Rocky Tuan
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Hong Kong considers raising cap on non-local students
Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline
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Marking boycott ends at Queen’s Belfast as local deal agreed
UCU branch is first to settle dispute locally with frustration mounting at national impasse
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New study abroad agencies proliferating in China
Chinese firms’ confidence in student flows is being expressed in business licence applications, analysis finds
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FutureLearn appoints Ian Howell as new managing director
Online education firm had vacancy at top since departure of chief executive Andy Hancock in March
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Will roller-coaster finances derail Australian universities?
Covid-era terror of a decimation in international income has proved unfounded, but investment yields continue to fluctuate wildly. Ahead of the publication of Australia’s landmark new Universities...
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‘Zero cases’ aim back in China, now for graduate unemployment
Tough job market forces authorities to introduce measures aimed at simplifying graduates’ entry into the workplace