University of Hong Kong wants Tiananmen ‘Pillar of Shame’ gone
Push to remove statue ‘can be seen as final stage of mainlandising’ Hong Kong’s campuses
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PhD supervision ‘undervalued’ by UK universities
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic
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‘Little sign of progress’ on UK association to Horizon Europe
Universities in Europe ‘strongly regret’ that finalisation of association is still elusive 10 months after Brexit agreement
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First blood for Australian contract cheating law
Court orders telecommunication companies to take ‘assignment help’ service offline
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Forcing vaccinated international students to isolate ‘unfair’
Overseas students must still isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 case, even if they are double-jabbed with a UK-approved vaccine
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Persecution of Mexican researchers reaches ‘another level’
‘I don’t know if we are going to be successful, but we are certainly going to make a lot of noise,’ says academic resisting government
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Diplomacy is sometimes a barrier to progress in universities
The tactful approach can be effective but it risks obscuring the necessity and urgency of improvements, says Chris Moore  Â
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Australasian experts: no overseas student influx before late 2022
While Australasian international education leaders are upbeat about vaccination, few expect ‘meaningful’ student arrivals any time soon
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Searching English publications only ‘misses vital research’
Huge study busts notion that everything worth knowing can be found in English-language journals
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Kent professor Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Academic and author honoured for ‘uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’
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Affluence and Freedom: An Environmental History of Political Ideas, by Pierre Charbonnier
John Barry enjoys a bold attempt to rethink our political priorities in the light of the ecological crisis
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Extend PhD support to four years to ease stress, UK funder told
Economic and Social Research Council warned that current three-and-a-half-year funding period is ‘insufficient’ and is causing student hardship
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Beware ‘kidnap diplomacy’ in China, universities warned
Sector should be ‘cyber-savvy’ but embrace Chinese STEM PhDs, conference hears
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OfS threatens action on spelling and grammar standards
Institutions could face fines if they do not assess written English, sector regulator says