Japanese higher education needs a paradigm shift
The complexities of the 21st century and Japan’s demographic decline demand more interdisciplinarity and internationalisation, says Teruo Fujii
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Nobelists urge rethink on MRC unit funding changes
Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units
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No large increases in public funding for universities, says Smith
Minister rules out state taking on more of the cost of paying for higher education
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Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2025: shortlist announced
Two south-east Asian countries among top performers in seventh edition of prestigious awards shortlistÂ
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International students ‘drive average rents down’ in Australia
Housing impacts limited to precincts with high concentration of students, study finds
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Postdoc publications ‘more important for career than PhD success’
Academic hiring focused on star doctoral graduates should instead focus on what comes afterwards, advises longitudinal study
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Universities drive AI healthcare ‘better than big tech alone’
US university harnesses training hospitals to test and evaluate AI-driven public health solutionsÂ
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‘Hypocritical’ journal walkout ‘left junior researchers in lurch’
Provocative paper claims boycott of feminist title left early career scholars high and dry while others profited from ‘moral entrepreneurship’
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Academics must retake control of Australian higher education
The executive cadre clearly didn’t see the crises around revenue, leadership and public standing coming, say Hamish Coates and Leo Goedegebuure
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Exeter claims Russell Group first with Africa branch campus
Outpost on Ain Shams University campus to offer undergraduate and postgraduate Exeter degrees
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Japanese university’s former v-c arrested over ‘embezzlement’
Tokyo Women’s Medical University apologises after ex-leader accused of funnelling cash from construction project to herself
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Leicester has sights on India branch campus as research hub opens
Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh
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Stop ‘micromanaging’ courses and let students decide – Willetts
Government intervention in university degree programmes ‘getting worse’ despite erosion of public funding, complains former universities minister
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With free speech act revised, will Arif Ahmed find his voice?
Cambridge philosopher appointed to oversee free speech in English universities has been unusually quiet since starting the role. Might changes seen as ‘clipping his wings’ force him to be more vocal?
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Will universities still feel free to debate social justice under Trump?
The new administration will marginalise or even prohibit the kind of inclusive, challenging, non-traditional syllabus I taught, fears Glyn Robbins