Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU
Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations
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Iranian students are protesting like never before, but academics are wary
Iranian academia was previously going through a phase of chronic depression in terms of socio-political activism, says Roohola Ramezani
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Ministers ‘unlikely’ to remove students from migration statistics
New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas
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UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time
Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself
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California reaches tentative deal with striking graduate staff
Agreement on pay hikes and better benefits for graduate student instructors would end biggest-ever job action in US higher education, although many workers dissent
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Faces of 2022: who shaped higher education headlines this year
Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months
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ChatGPT ‘a powerful tool for education if used correctly’
AI becoming smarter and more accessible should be viewed not only as a cheating risk, say experts
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India axes publication goal for PhDs to tackle predatory journals
Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target
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Free speech bill fans urge ministers to force home right to sue
Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’
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Australia told to jettison ‘genuine temporary entrant’ test
Rather than focusing on students’ plans after they graduate, Canberra should assure itself of their commitment to study
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Building Africa’s science capacity requires broader, fairer collaboration
The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski
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US News rankings revolt ‘not just a tempest in a teapot’
Former Reed president hopes other universities will challenge influential league table
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Open admissions blows away unfair barriers to university access
Denying that people have the potential to succeed before offering them any training contradicts what education is all about, says Elisa Stephens
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New Danish government keeps ‘harmful master’s experiment’
Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at usâ€
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Social media isn’t the only way to have public impact
Quitting Twitter lost Christopher Schaberg some connections. But the pleasures of in-person interaction far outweigh the regrets