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Discipline-based educational research can challenge academics to think about their fields in new ways and can deliver unique benefits to learners, write five scholars
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‘Common sense’ needed on English post-qualification admissions plans
Switch to students applying after receiving their results still faces sector resistance despite government and opposition signalling support
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Colleagues ‘distraught’ at Australian academic’s detention in Iran
Episode spotlights concerns for safety of scholars who visit repressive regimes
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Universities should not shy away from their economic purpose
Higher education is about more than giving graduates an earnings boost, but institutions should be able to detail such returns among evidence of their many contributions to society, argues Anna...
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Canadian Tory leader’s election attack on academics raises alarm
Lecturers’ union fears Andrew Scheer is portraying universities as left-wing ‘indoctrination centres’, with potentially damaging consequences
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Ethicist warns universities against using AI in admissions
Algorithms may simply lead to ‘self-fulfilling prophecies’ and do not give reasons for their decisions, Oxford researcher warns
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In the attack on experts, gender studies is often the first target
Gender studies is becoming a dangerous field in Latin America and Europe. This has implications for the fight for gender equality everywhere, says Sally GimsonÂ
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THE podcast: Is ‘genius’ a bad word?
Nobel laureate astrophysicist Brian Schmidt discusses the notion of ‘genius’ with rising star physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski
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Fragmentation ‘hampering Hong Kong universities’ social research’
‘Systemic barriers’ hinder universities’ efforts to tackle the territory’s major problems, says report
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Hong Kong universities should connect more with the community
Greater links between universities, the government, entrepreneurs and charities will help tackle social inequalities in Hong Kong, writes Jeff StreeterÂ
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Western academics should understand but not pander to their Chinese students’ nationalism
Encouraging Chinese students to access non-Chinese media sources can ease fears of systematic bias, says Tao Zhang
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Leadership intelligence: how to talk about race in universities
Shân Wareing reflects on how to start and conduct an ‘institutional conversation’ about race, in a Hepi essay
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Will Macron’s move against his alma mater make France’s HE system fairer?
France’s president responded to the gilets jaunes movement with a surprise plan to abolish the grande école ENA, reigniting debate about the country’s intensely hierarchical higher education system....
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Email, by Randy Malamud
John Gilbey enjoys a quirky tour of the communications tool we seem unable to do without
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The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can’t Be Computed, by Christof Koch
Steven Rose is unconvinced by an ambitious attempt to explain consciousness