Marc Stears: like Labour, academics are disconnected from society
Ex-Miliband adviser turned Sydney Policy Lab director discusses globalised academia’s decoupling from ‘everyday society’
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Plan to legislate on ‘low-quality’ courses alarms sector
Government says it will give OfS powers to enforce ‘minimum expectations of quality’ before regulator responds to consultation on plan
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UK union says final pay offer of 1.5 per cent rise ‘unacceptable’
Employers up their offer at final negotiations but UCU says they should ‘reward the extraordinary efforts staff have made’ during Covid-19
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The return of in-person exams will be a relief – including to invigilators
Online exams are unfair and hard to police, even with creepy levels of invasiveness, says Helen Soteriou Â
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Australian visa system ‘favours China’
Efforts to recruit a diverse student mix undermined by policy paradox, as visa applicants from many countries are viewed with suspicion
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Students in larger module groups ‘tend to get lower grades’
Effect also more pronounced for science subjects, according to study of class sizes at UK university
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Innovative learning environments are key to unlocking Africa’s potential
Collaborative, technically enhanced experiential learning will prepare the continent’s vast young population for the digital future, says Laura Kakon
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China’s demographic ‘crisis’ may not spell doom and gloom for HE
Educational growth and development may continue despite lower birth rate, expert says
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Universities need a better menu of defences against cyber-vultures
Universities are a juicy target for hackers, and online working has made them easier prey, says Laura Marsden
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Accomplished academics can still learn from their supervisees
My job is to help young researchers negotiate their own varied and wondrous paths, not track (a version of) my own, says Lucas Lixinski
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Myanmar junta ‘suspends thousands of lecturers’
Military takes action after plan to reopen campuses is thwarted
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Mary Beard’s retirement gift to diversify ‘very white’ Classics
Cambridge scholar says subject is not just for ‘posh people who’ve done Latin for ages’
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English regulator to measure progress on cutting bureaucracy
Office for Students will reflect on whether it is inflicting needless red tape on higher education, says its new chair
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Female leaders, throw those ‘boys’ undermining you a curveball
Doing everything by the book makes it easy for opponents to plan ahead. So shake them up a bit, says Marcia Devlin
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Marcia Devlin: beating sexism with attitude
Tips from the top of a sector that insists on preserving its male dominance offered in Australian consultant’s guide