Private tutoring needs remedial discipline
This growing but still unacknowledged phenomenon in higher education is badly in need of ethical oversight, says an anonymous academic
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The agony of microaggression and discrimination knocked me out
A studentâs mysterious accusation of racism saw P. K. Newby removed from her course â and another woman lost from the leaky pipeline
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What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Womenâs Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
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Chicago president: Trumpâs free speech order would be a âgrave errorâ
Robert Zimmer explains why the US presidentâs threat to deny federal funds to colleges that fail to protect free speech is a bad idea
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IFSâ English loans report âbuilds pressure to cut tuition feesâ
Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues
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Russian science reforms âambitious but unrealisticâ
Experts question whether new National Science Project will have wide impact beyond creating âa few islands of research excellenceâ
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Scrap Englandâs subject-level TEF, sector groups urge
The teaching excellence framework âneeds urgent fixingâ at all levels, review is warned
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Irish plan offers European roadmap to improve teaching
Irelandâs efforts to develop the skills of university teachers could be copied elsewhere in Europe, says Terry Maguire and Roisin Donnelly
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Holocaust historians suffer antisemitic abuse at conference
Protesters allegedly called researchers âdirty Jewsâ and âtraitorsâ in latest intimidation of scholars who emphasise Polish role in the Holocaust
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US-UK alliance to share âexperimentsâ on research commercialisation
New group of eight universities, joined by MIT and Stanford, sees lack of private investment in ânicheâ university research as a key barrier
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Paul Boyle to be next Swansea v-c after leaving Leicester
Former ESRC chief executive to replace Swanseaâs suspended v-c Richard Davies after his âplanned retirementâ
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Why universities must work together to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Duncan Ross explains why submitting data on global partnerships is mandatory for inclusion in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings
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Student-supervisor relationships âinherently riskyâ
Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says