Thomas Docherty: itās time to kill off the social mobility agenda
Leading critic of marketised higher educationĀ takes aim at external appointment of vice-chancellors and the āstudent experienceā
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Brain drain takes worst academics as well as the best, study says
Analysis of Italian PhD graduates finds that the āmilkā as well as the ācreamā leave
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Donāt blame millennials for your entitlement problem
Educators accusing students of not working hard enough is simply a shirking of their responsibility to actually meetĀ learnersā needs, says Katherine Gould
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Australian National University āto cap international enrolmentsā
Vice-chancellor of Canberra institutionĀ says it is āabout as big as it can beā
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Free trade talks put Australia at front of Horizon Europe queue
Negotiations set to boost access to ā¬100Ā billion research and innovation scheme, scholar says
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Ousted US academic to leave China, citing fears for his safety
Peking University HSBC Business School declines to renewĀ outspoken researcherās contract
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Doctoral graduates āneed five years of post-PhD career supportā
Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says
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Edinburgh requests retraction of papers by sacked cell biologist
Investigation into Irina StanchevaĀ confirms five cases of misconduct, but former lecturer denies manipulating data
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Suffragette heritage inspires āFirst Babyā lullaby competition
New Zealand university library vault delivers blast from the past as history and politics come full circle
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Fiscal illusions, HE funding and the politics of the deficit
The accounting magic the UK government performs to handleĀ outstanding student loansĀ has once again been questioned, but the timing couldnāt be worse for universities, says Andy WestwoodĀ
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Using Twitter to measure research impact āneeds quality controlā
Large-scale study raises questions aboutĀ the usefulness of altmetrics for assessing research qualityĀ
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US universities get creative at moneymaking as enrolment falters
Small colleges are renting out dormitory rooms, licensing coffins and selling their own ketchup
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Online university trades student credits in high-debt era
University of the People strikes deals to allow its students to progress to leading institutions, but increasing proportion of recruits have dropped out elsewhere
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Finland is not the happiest place on earth for an academic
Donāt believe the hype; Finnish universities face just as many problems with professional mismanagement and staff morale as those in other countries, says Gareth Rice