Last Kingdom academic helps Netflix get its facts right
University of Winchester historian Ryan Lavelle reflects on nearly a decade advising on streaming giant’s blockbuster Vikings series
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Casuals, let’s resist universities’ monstrous, penny-pinching ‘systems’
Doing admin is a poor use of your time as an expert. Make sure you invoice for it at your highest rate, says Andy Farnell
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Arkansas trustees reject University of Phoenix
Fears over reputation and secrecy deal major setback to online US university's once-promising bid for traditional higher ed partner
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English HE’s global reputation harmed by quality concerns – QAA
Universities’ lack of compliance with European standards raises suspicions in foreign governments that hamper expansion plans, warns agency’s chief executive
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Professor’s pay cut to $0 for ‘failing to prepare lectures’
Purdue University accused of trying to force maths academic to retire after concerns about his Covid-era teaching
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US tuition now mostly given back to students in discounts
Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains
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UKRI’s diversity strategy ‘doesn’t mention race’
Document disappoints campaigners with lack of detail or targets after major funder promised overhaul during Black Lives Matter protests
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Bill ‘would give police powers’ to Pakistan’s university watchdog
Higher Education Commission could be given control over v-c appointments at public universities, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for autonomy
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Dutch universities to be handed international student controls
Institutions will be able to limit or expand recruitment depending on local circumstances, with more centralised management also possible
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Shaky finances of 30 providers being monitored by OfS
Regulator will not ‘prop up’ any institution found to be at risk of going under as greater funding pressures start to bite
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If live lectures die, how will the magic of shared endeavour be conjured?
The sense of being part of a learning community is important – and you don’t get that from ‘captured’ lectures, says Michael Merrifield
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Recording reveals top Republican wants to stop students voting
Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses
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Medical schools ‘make students less empathetic’
Study finds trainee doctors become cynical, emotionally distanced and desensitised towards their patients
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25 years on: universities’ role in Northern Ireland peace process
With the country’s schools often still divided along religious lines, its universities have helped bring people together, says academic
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Affirmative action advocates given hope despite looming ban
With nation’s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity