Universities warned of threat posed by ‘lingering hackers’
Patient cybercriminals may gain access to online systems and wait for months before trying to sell on information
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Large surpluses post-lockdown ‘a blip’, say Canadian universities
Institutions emerge from lockdowns with an unusually large amount of money left over but say surpluses mask real financial difficulties
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Talking leadership 39: Cara Aitchison on sexual assault on campus
A cultural shift is needed, according to the vice-chancellor of Cardiff Met
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External funding is a means, not an end. So why must everyone seek it?
Universities should decide their funding needs based on their goals in teaching, research and outreach, say Nicolai Foss, Peter Klein and Phillip Nell Â
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First chancellor with acknowledged disability to fight ‘attitude problem’
Former disability commissioner says universities have lifted their game, but employers not so much
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NZ universities ‘underinvesting in staff’, says union
But representative body says conclusions from analysis of university financial accounts are based on flawed assumptions
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No 10 turmoil forces adviser’s exit and delays number controls
Iain Mansfield’s spell as key driver of policy ends – for now, at least – while ‘anti-woke’ campaigner is touted as potential education secretary
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Decolonisation demands a rethinking of what historical evidence is
Studying images, rather than texts, would allow history students to better grasp colonised peoples’ agency, says Apurba Chatterjee
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Black students in America need wholesale higher education reforms
From admissions to outreach and student data collection, the undergraduate journey must be reviewed to narrow unacceptable social and educational inequalities, say Kim Hunter Reed and Ray Belton
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Scholars hail top Korean university’s plan to scrap majors
More fluid degree paths could help graduates develop critical thinking, academics say, amid concerns over how similar changes could affect recruitment
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Interdisciplinary research should be central to student experience
Enormous efforts to increase links between research fields have failed to consider how undergraduates can also benefit and contribute, says Stephanie Marshall
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Rapid expansion of HE in China’s ‘Greater Bay Area’ takes shape
First postgraduate students start at new HKUST campus, signalling beginning of huge changes in the area
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China ‘dilemma’ on undergrad research amid geopolitical tensions
Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ‘less friendly’, but efforts could stall because of limited funding
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India, Australia flag plan for mutual recognition of qualifications
Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say