‘Remove grant application barriers’ to fix research inequalities
Funders should review how interviews, eligibility criteria and internal selection policies work against marginalised groups, says study co-funded by Wellcome and Oxford
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The week in higher education – 19 January 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Israel-Gaza violence ‘fuelled rise in UK campus antisemitism’
Increase in tensions in Middle East led to highest ever number of incidents recorded by the Community Security Trust
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Wales to increase student maintenance support by 9.4 per cent
Rise runs at more than three times the rate of uplift in England
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Mary Beard: ‘I don’t think you’re right, and this is the evidence’
When her broadcasting career took off in her mid-fifties, Mary Beard became one of Britain’s best-known and most-discussed academics. Jack Grove speaks to the retiring Cambridge classicist about her...
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AI will replace academics unless our teaching challenges students again
Delivery of educational material chunked at the optimal grade for retention by passive student-consumers is ripe for automation, says Andy Farnell
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What would a President DeSantis mean for US higher education?
Florida’s Trumpian governor has repeatedly attacked the freedom and expertise of the state’s university sector. With the Yale and Harvard graduate widely tipped as the 2024 Republican presidential...
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Crisis-hit UEA plans redundancies as £23 million deficit looms
Highly regarded institution cuts back due to falling student numbers, high dropout rates and rising energy costs
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Shafik leaving LSE for Columbia University presidency
Former Bank of England deputy governor will replace long-serving president Lee Bollinger
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Tory peer’s plan to fight ‘woke indoctrination’ is ‘galaxy brain’
After Lord Wei calls for sector funding to be tied to test of students’ political views, critics say ‘parts of Tory party have gone stark raving mad’
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Professor targeted by trans activists condemns ‘shameful episode’
Gay rights champion Robert Wintemute says McGill University’s response to the forced cancellation of his seminar is disappointing
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Overseas student recruitment windfall for leading UK universities
Extraordinary growth in income caused by higher enrolments and post-Brexit fee uplifts bolsters finances of Russell Group institutions
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‘Feast or be eaten’ for France’s booming private HE sector
With public rivals putting a ceiling on tuition fees, the demands of debt servicing and digitisation mean private schools must keep growing to avoid mergers or bankruptcy
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‘Forced retirement’ rules face new challenge at Cambridge
Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors
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Don’t call me a ‘Black academic’
Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over others is not what UK HE needs, says Aymen Idris