Archaeology’s fractures, highlighted by ‘The Dig’, must finally be filled in
As Netflix’s film on Sutton Hoo illustrates, collaboration between academic and commercial research enriches understanding of history, says Susan Greaney
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Overseas starters ‘down by a third’ at some English campuses
First student number survey for 2020-21 from Office for Students suggests other universities may increase recruitment Â
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Colleagues and family ‘distraught’ over academic’s Myanmar arrest
As military overlords revert to type, concerns mount over fate of detained Australian economist
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Urbanisation and equality ‘key for Indian development’
India could be HE ‘giant’ if social issues were addressed, expert says
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Is it too soon for a Nobel Prize for the Covid vaccine?
mRNA pioneers, Oxford vaccine scientists and Bill Gates are potential contenders for science’s top prize
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Nicholas Hitchon: the ‘Seven Up’ scientist known to millions
US-based British physicist reflects on his part in the series that has chronicled his life and scientific career
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How do we navigate the brave new world of online exams?
We must find ways to balance integrity, privacy, accessibility, workload and student expectations, say Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Day
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Area studies must be decolonised
The discipline’s existence reflects an enduring Western belief in the inferiority of knowledge production specific to different cultures, says David Simon
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Charitable giving to US universities fell slightly last year
Annual survey attributes decline to pandemic and large Bloomberg donation the previous year, but says Black Lives Matter movement ‘likely played a positive role’ in philanthropy
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UK could lose 57 per cent of EU student numbers, says DfE study
Government finally publishes modelling that estimates loss of £63 million for UK universities from drop in enrolment of new EU students
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New OfS chair Lord Wharton must resign Tory whip, says Labour
Appointment of former Conservative MP as chair of English higher education regulator ‘adds to catalogue of cronyism’
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Want to be an innovation hot spot? Don’t copy Silicon Valley
Toronto professor offers path to ‘innovation in real places’, arguing that prestige research universities aren’t that important
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US academics hit out at ‘erosion of tenure system’
Universities and colleges are violating own policies to fire tenured faculty because of Covid-related financial troubles
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Universities need to realise they’re in the service industry
An ideological gap has grown, where some universities have different ideas to students about the concept of a university, says Steve Davies
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UK overseas master’s enrolments shot up in year before pandemic
Trend could be linked to boost in demand from India, data suggest