Liberal arts degrees must change to meet industry needs
Liberal arts programmes should be revamped and rebranded to emphasise the competencies they provide graduates entering the workplace, says Costas Spirou
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Times Higher Education’s most-read articles of 2022
Readers show a taste for the UK’s REF as normality returns after pandemic
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Covid-era exemption for China’s joint ventures ‘could remain’
Interim policy that allows students with overseas offers to study domestically instead may turn long term
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Green entrepreneurship is a win-win for students and the planet
Helping students create climate-conscious start-ups would enhance campus learning and universities’ green credentials, says Robert Phillips
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SUNY, led by former education secretary, eyes newfound respect
Returning home to New York, John King envisions a future of top rankings on faculty, employment and equity – while promising his own tactical recalibration
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Levelling up UK’s regions will require reinvention of the university degree
Expanding the blended or online learning currently on offer will not be enough to achieve reskilling agenda, says Betty Vandenbosch
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Blown apart by Beirut blast, flagship Arab university fights back
Fadlo Khuri, president of the American University of Beirut, explains how his institution has coped with explosions, currency crises and Covid
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No need to tie student visas to dropout rate, say Swedish rectors
Government and institutions are aligned when it comes to recruiting genuine students, despite alleged visa abuse becoming a right-wing hobby horse
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Reshaping of Hong Kong university council ‘a political takeover’
Move to shrink governing body and reduce internal representation seen as rebuke for president Rocky Tuan
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New Fiji PM vows to ‘settle’ University of the South Pacific row
Financially troubled University of the South Pacific was left with £29 million black hole when leadership fell out with biggest member state
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Welsh universities ‘lose money on each student’ after funding cut
Cardiff University’s Colin Riordan says disappointing proposed budget for Welsh universities will worsen financial pressures caused by inflation
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Utrecht short-haul flight ban ‘will cut emissions by 15 per cent’
Staff will need express permission to fly less than 700km, but subsidies for higher train fees are also being scrapped
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The AI revolution demands radical change to law curricula
The emergence of ChatGPT underlines that keeping the status quo may be the beginning of the end for legal education, warns Mimi Zou
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Carnage in the rear-view mirror
It’s been a bleak year as war brought more pain to a world still shaken by the pandemic and other pressures. Universities will be glad to put it behind them
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22 December 2022 digital edition
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