US university fined $38 million for PhD cost ‘lies’
Most Grand Canyon University students on affected programmes had to pay as much as $12,000 (£10,000) more than advertised, says Department of Education
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Employment umpire quashes Australian university staff deal
SCU decision the latest sign of doom for workplace agreements that lack union support
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Bullying support network launched due to universities’ ‘inaction’
Group hopes to instigate culture change in UK higher education to stop ‘toleration’ of bullies
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Palestinian campus death toll passes 400, says ministry
Learning of nearly 90,000 students in Gaza Strip disrupted as Israeli reprisals force universities to suspend operations
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West Virginia’s Gee: university leaders ‘are driven by fear’
Most-travelled US university president says sector must make hard calls on priorities, but has too few willing to do so
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Record low success rate for Australian research grants
The paperwork burden is declining, but so are the prospects of obtaining funds, new data shows
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India’s internationalisation drive must be realistic and pragmatic
Problems may result from focusing on branch campuses, resisting online provision and partnering only with top 1,000 institutions, says Mike Winter
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UKRI suspends equality body blasted by minister over Israel posts
Dame Ottoline Leyser’s acceptance of ministerial demands is likely to anger scholars who claim Michelle Donelan’s criticism undermines academic freedom
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Sharing historic admissions grades ‘has unintended consequences’
Study says tools informing students which courses they are suited for can lead them to apply for those they are overqualified for
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China casts collaboration net wider as research ties with US wane
Drawing on Web of Science citation index, Clarivate report shows fivefold acceleration in published research output from China between 2009 and 2021
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UCU branch’s support for ‘intifada’ condemned by Jewish students
Union members at UCL claim to have been the ‘victim of a smear campaign’ as higher education minister calls them Hamas’ ‘useful idiots’
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Academics targeted by authoritarian regimes ‘to quell dissent’
Increased persecution of scholars in Iran and Afghanistan led to more than 400 attacks being perpetrated against academia globally, says Scholars at Risk report
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Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK
Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds
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Fear of fees and debt ‘keep Australians out of university’
Research ‘challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage’
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Palestinian students suspended by Israeli universities
Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution