Brussels to Rome: stop discriminating against foreign lecturers
Marathon legal battle by Italy’s lettori for equal rights may soon end after European Commission’s intervention
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University vaccine mandates ‘defy national stereotypes’
Legal minefields or unpalatable impositions in some countries, immunisation mandates prove surprisingly achievable in others
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The casual racism that visiting BAME speakers suffer must be tackled
The Covid-enforced pause to in-person visits has been a relief to BAME academics, says Aymen Idris
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Pandemic ‘postpones rather than prevents’ international study
Australian surveys reveal primacy of vaccines for both inbound and outbound students
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Essay mills set to be outlawed in England – at last
Amendment to skills bill would criminalise providing, arranging or advertising cheating services
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Research areas that win science prizes ‘see 40 per cent growth’
Extra ‘star’ scientists flock to prize-winning topics in five to 10 years after award, study suggests
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‘Fertilise demand’ for lifelong loans in England, says minister
Michelle Donelan tells Tory conference fringe event that lifelong loans offer universities chance to open to ‘swathe’ of new kinds of students
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Collins leaving NIH after record term at top US science funder
Political conciliator finds moment of medical success against Covid a good time to let Biden find successor
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Scientists who shed light on climate change win physics Nobel
Climate change pioneers Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann take share of prize with Sapienza scientist Georgio Parisi
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Pandemic-hit IELTS English language test rolls out at-home exams
Move offers alternative to testing centres used by thousands of international students to enter Western universities
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Fewer Australian doctoral graduates finding employment after PhD
But employment rates for bachelor’s graduates ‘stabilise’ despite pandemic
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Covid ‘provides cover’ for autocrats’ higher education power grab
From party faithful imposed as leaders to scholars sent into ‘civilian death’, institutions face a range of grave threats, argues editor of new collection
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De Montfort v-c seeks to rejuvenate university after turmoil
Katie Normington aims to rebuild trust with staff after ‘confidence shaken’ by governance failings under former leader Dominic Shellard
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Efforts to support female academics in China struggle to take off
Just a handful of applicants for national project tackling issue
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Content is free: universities should stop producing it
In a digital era, academics’ time would be far better spent on assessment, curation and mentoring, says Terry Young