Don’t suffer menopause in silence, university staff told
Opportunities to discuss ‘taboo’ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester
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Searching for credible heretics: a new addition to academic research selection
Funding schemes that back radical research ideas are proving worthwhile in cultivating new science, says Donald Braben
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Australian numbers cap ‘ends higher education growth in the bush’
New analysis shows regions were benefiting directly from uncapping of places
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Bubbles, bombast and grade inflation
Invisible hands are pumping up an era of inflation inflation. Is it possible to discern what’s behind the alleged crisis of ever more top marks?
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Suicide rate for university students ‘may be lower than thought’
But new government figures do suggest rate in England and Wales is higher now than a decade ago
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Concern over allegation of attempted sexual assault at conference
Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked
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Junior researchers ‘need funding for career development’
Report says early career academics should be given more opportunities to lead their own research teams to foster independence and improve job security
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Review aims to revive UK’s Race Equality Charter
Independent study will examine why more institutions have not joined initiative
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Cambridge finance chiefs under fire on fossil fuel divestment
Minutes show investment board saw draft of council decision against full divestment
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It’s time to rethink the entry requirements for engineering degrees
Compulsory A levels in maths and physics is contributing to the problem of low engineering enrolments, especially among female students, argues Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
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Australian universities design their own performance funding test
Regional universities say complex measures are needed to do justice to teaching standards
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To degree or not to degree: that is NOT the question for UK nursing
Current UK nurse training should focus on a national curriculum, its content and assessment, and not its categorisation as a degree, says Ann Bradshaw
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Mexican universities turning to Asia in Trump era
Cross-border tensions accelerate trans-Pacific pivot
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Humanities and social sciences have more ‘supportive’ citations
Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies