Taliban seeks to turn fighters into faculty as exams scrapped
Move by Afghan government âopens doorâ for more of its supporters to become lecturers, scholars fear
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Why are Russian universities pushing African students to fight in Ukraine?
While students are exempt from Russiaâs mobilisation, African studentsâ financial precarity leaves them open to pressure, says Ararat Osipian
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PhD visa delays âharming Australiaâs prosperityâ
Âé¶č affairs minister pledges to speed up admission of worldâs âbest and brightestâ
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Twitter must do more to help academics fight misinformation
Sector-wide guidelines on sharing and discussing research online would also be very useful, says Laura HassinkÂ
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UK-Ukraine dual degrees to help post-war reconstruction
Institutions invited to host masterâs programmes to address skills shortages in areas such as bridge-building
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Keir Starmerâs trip to his alma mater reflects universitiesâ regional clout
But institutions will contribute much more to both their localities and their planet if they collaborate more, says Simone Buitendijk
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âContaminationâ risk justifies banning gender critical speakers â report
Claim by University of Essex law academics that âanti-transâ speakers could âcontaminateâ buildings branded âmisogynyâ by critics
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Itâs time to start tracking interdisciplinary research
Our chief data officer explains why Times Higher Education is starting a new stream of data collectionÂ
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Limits on fixed-term contracts âcould stifle industry-funded researchâ
Australian university representatives warn of unintended consequences from two-year limit in new workplace relations act
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Long-touted Adelaide and South Australia merger back on
High upfront costs defeated the most recent proposal for the two South Australian institutions to join forces back in 2018 but now things have changed
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Ukraineâs plan to ban Russian materials âviolates academic freedomâ
Leading human rights activist says âabsurdâ draft law could be âextremely harmful to education and researchâ and is reminiscent of Soviet censorship
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Englandâs universities need to be free to set domestic fees and offer loans
If the government is set on cutting international students, charging domestic students above the current ceiling is the only option, says Peter Ainsworth
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Alison Wolf: Resist âsingle purposeâ view of higher education
Seeing degrees solely as gateway qualification to the modern labour market âneither just nor efficientâ, says government adviser on skills
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Free speech bill: Peers scrap right to sue but add NDA ban
Peers amend controversial legislation owing to prospect of âendless litigationâ, with ban on non-disclosure agreements also supported
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Beware overhead cables
Twitter has long been bedevilled by bad-faith debate. But government must be held to a higher standard, even when it is flying a kite