Don’t wait to tackle open access books cash challenge, REF told
Difficult conversations about how the REF’s post-2029 open access books mandate will be financed cannot be avoided, say experts
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UK transnational education review warns on growth and assessment
QAA-led review of offshore teaching flags concerns about expansion of existing programmes overloading staff, and unfamiliarity of assessment techniques used
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A good student experience is not just about fulfilled expectations
The OfS’ approach is evolving, partly reflecting the fact that a course’s long-term value is not always immediately obvious, says John Blake
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Post-92s face ‘significant difficulties’ as elite take students
Covid-era expansion showed highly selective universities that they could manage growth, says admissions head
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Selective universities take most applicants as results announced
Number of places confirmed by high-tariff institutions as A-level results announced spikes
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Columbia University president Shafik announces resignation
Tenure of former LSE director thrown disastrously off course by Congressional grilling on antisemitism and subsequent student protests
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Universities fearful as UK riots spark overseas student ‘anxiety’
Fears nationwide unrest may deter prospective international recruits after turbulent period for overseas enrolments
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The week in higher education – 15 August 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Afghan university enrolment halves under Taliban
Ban on women attending university further hampering crisis-plagued Afghanistan’s development, warn experts
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UW-Milwaukee tests decade-old tenure law with layoffs plan
Closure of college with 35 faculty members may be first time controversial law enacted in 2015 is utilised
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Interview with Angela Zhang
Law professor discusses China’s position on AI and what’s really driving government intervention in the country’s technology companies
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Spousal hiring ‘gives with one hand and takes with another’
Astronomer hired on fellowship supporting scientists to return from career breaks says hoped-for permanent role was not advertised and handed instead to partner of outstanding minority appointee
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Why I turned myself into an AI chatbot
Many scholars loathe generative AI but it has immense power to engage the intellectual curiosity of students as long as academics truly embrace it, argues John Kaag