Interview with Marjoleine Kars
The Cundill History Prize winner talks about uncovering a forgotten archive to tell the story of a slave rebellion ‘from the inside out’
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3 February 2022 digital edition
Migratory shifts: the pandemic caused big changes in global student traffic. Will they stick?
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Rising inflation will ramp up stratification in higher education
As the value of public funding diminishes, success will depend on ability to boost other sources of income, says Anton Muscatelli
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Has the pandemic redirected international student flows forever?
Border restrictions, differing national Covid strategies and changing demographics have all made significant impacts on overseas recruitment over the past two years. Simon Baker examines the latest...
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UK ‘should seek to recruit 1 million international students’
But country should also be ‘wary of complacency’ after apparently passing previous goal
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Canberra: change IP and pay rules to foster commercialisation
Pay, promotions and intellectual property protections set for ‘refinement’ under new action plan
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Susan Lapworth to be interim head of English sector regulator
Long-serving director will take helm when Nicola Dandridge leaves Office for Students
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‘Exciting’ UK plan for rival funder ‘may change minds’ on Horizon
Science minister George Freeman claims academics may warm to leaving EU research scheme if homegrown alternative offers attractive global opportunities
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Racial critique of Supreme Court pick imperils Georgetown posting
Conservative’s appointment as constitutional studies chief derailed over demeaning Biden plan for black female Supreme Court nominee
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Bomb threats swamp US’ black-serving colleges
Nearly 20 HBCUs get phoned-in threats at start of Black History Month, bringing lockdowns, remote classes and vows of resilience
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Overseas students angry as Western Australia again changes rules
No apparent health rationale for ‘impossible’ new deadline, as requirements rewritten for third time in a week
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Oxford postdoc ‘pushed out’ after authorship row, tribunal hears
Long-time postdoctoral scientist says he was ousted when he complained a professor had appropriated his own research
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US-China research collaboration ‘waning’
Growth in co-publications slowed in 2020 and so far shows decline for 2021
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Preprints ‘largely unchanged’ by peer review, even during Covid
Two separate studies, including one that looked at early Covid papers, suggest majority of alterations are minimal
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UK regions promised research funding boost under ‘levelling up’
Forty per cent increase in investment by 2030 pledged, with BEIS ring-fencing majority of its spending for areas beyond golden triangle