‘Anti-Western’ recruitment ‘could turn Chinese off foreign study’
Locals with overseas qualifications are no longer welcome in China’s state-owned enterprises, conference hears
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With right techniques, low reproducibility ‘not inevitable’
Combining a series of methods for boosting research reproducibility found to produce huge gains in overall success
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Reshaped Hong Kong university council ‘brings political control’
Move is latest in sector-wide process of ‘neutering Hong Kong universities’ by giving legislators say over their decisions, says academic
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Voters divided on Sunak’s crackdown on ‘rip-off degrees’
Polling also finds public ‘misunderstanding’ in idea that graduates lean left on economics, suggesting impact of ‘woke’ universities narrative
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Idaho retreats from ban on discussing abortion in classrooms
State disavows its own idea that professors can’t discuss reproductive rights, but wary faculty persist with lawsuit
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Talking leadership: Ahmad Dallal is educator first, administrator second
The American University in Cairo’s first Arab leader on helping people reskill, serving the community and taking on the ‘necessary evil’ of administration
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Universities are capable of change – but they must manage it better
Before undertaking change programmes, universities should devote more attention to designing how success will be achieved, says Paul Woodgates
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Campuses lag in researching sustainable cities and communities
Data shows that universities globally are underperforming in research towards SDG 11, although Oceania is ahead of others
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Has Australia fallen out of love with higher education?
Recruitment of domestic school-leavers is stagnant amid concerns over rising graduate debt levels and weak employment outcomes. With ministers keen to turbocharge enrolment to upskill the nation,...
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A political puzzle
It may be true that higher education rarely tops the agenda in electoral campaigns, but don’t be fooled – the politics is as fevered as ever
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9 November 2023 digital edition
Waving or drowning: The fluctuating appeal of higher education in Australia
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Board gender quotas ‘boost female numbers across senior ranks’
Despite backlash fears, quotas aimed at increasing proportion of women on academic boards can aid gender equality more broadly, study suggests
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Bias distortions in student evaluation of teaching ‘a myth’
Australian study highlights gap between ‘statistically significant’ and ‘meaningful’
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Gaza war drives new wave of academic emigration
Palestinian universities in West Bank face losing scholars, while Netanyahu opponents also predicted to leave Israel
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Domestic students squeezed out as UKRI PhD support contracts
Overall decline in number of doctoral candidates winning support masks even sharper drop among UK-domiciled applicants