US funder moves beyond elite to bankroll ‘heartland’ innovation
NSF Regional Innovation Engines scheme is place-based push to secure US strength in key technologies
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Overseas applications to Malaysian universities surge
Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister
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Corruption fight goes on, says v-c after ‘assassination attempt’
Death of bodyguard won’t deter Fort Hare leader Sakhela Buhlungu from combating ‘cancer’ of graft gripping the South African sector
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Talking Leadership: Karen Holford on her degree apprenticeship, the first step to becoming a v-c
In National Apprenticeship Week, we talk to the vice-chancellor who kicked off a stellar career with an apprenticeshipÂ
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Brussels threatens Italy over failure to end lettori dispute
European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers
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AI makes university honour codes more necessary than ever
Evidence suggests that honesty pledges make cheating less pronounced than it otherwise would be, say Thomas Gift and Julie Norman
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Colleges quietly begin planning for end of affirmative action
US Supreme Court widely expected to rule against Harvard and UNC in landmark cases, leading many institutions to start the process for considering what happens next
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Ucas applicants to be shown apprenticeships alongside degrees
UK higher education admissions service moves to put vocational routes into careers on an ‘equal footing’ with traditional options
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Beijing’s call for foreign R&D investment ‘a signal’ to West
US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic
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Nine out of 10 students get first or 2:1 at leading universities
Most students got a higher-class degree at every major institution in 2021-22, data show
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Which study destinations rely most on a few source countries?
Australia, New Zealand and Canada have some of the least diverse international student populations, data show
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Inside the post-ChatGPT scramble to create AI essay detectors
Edtech giants and plucky start-ups are vying to create potentially lucrative tools to combat the use of AI in assessments, but will they cause more problems than they solve?
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More fluid routes between academia and industry would boost innovation
Better alignment of pay and benefits, working cultures and expectations will clear the way for research to have impact, say nine Future Leaders fellows
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The website aiming to bring greater transparency to spin-outs
Analysis of the database suggests UK universities take greater equity in spin-outs than others in Europe
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NMITE seeks to tempt dissatisfied students by paying housing costs
Recently launched provider spends big in attempt to drive ‘exponential growth’ in student numbers