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UCU: v-cs ��exploiting�� funding crisis to make ��vampiric�� job cuts

18 March

Assessments face ��standardisation�� as cuts hit academic workload

18 March

Ten-year budgets can boost national R&D aims �C and reduce precarity

Longer-term funding isn��t a panacea but there is plenty of evidence that it can make a difference, say Grace Gottlieb and Matt Davis

By Grace Gottlieb

18 March

The central part of the capital of Kazakhstan - the city of Astana on a cloudy summer day.

Cardiff green-lights Kazakhstan campus despite job cuts at home

17 March

ARC grants overhaul ��traps early career researchers in catch-22��

17 March

More than quarter of world��s top 200 universities led by women

Number of female university leaders reaches record high, with Switzerland seeing biggest growth

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Academic publishers braced for slowdown as Trump DEI purge bites

By Jack Grove

17 March

UCU: v-cs ��exploiting�� funding crisis to make ��vampiric�� job cuts

18 March

Staff pushed into early retirement face pensions ��cliff edge��

18 March

Assessments face ��standardisation�� as cuts hit academic workload

18 March

Bradford threatened with strike over job cuts and course closures

17 March

Cardiff green-lights Kazakhstan campus despite job cuts at home

17 March

��Sweeping�� university reforms planned as Vietnam plays ��catch up��

15 March

��Missing�� Chinese scholar back in Japan after unexplained absence

14 March

Japan science council reforms threaten autonomy, say members

14 March

Foreign interference laws ��no protection from Trump edicts��

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Domestic student enrolments on the rise in ߣߣ��Ƶ

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ARC grants overhaul ��traps early career researchers in catch-22��

17 March

ߣߣ��Ƶn visa applications pulled as housing approvals rise

14 March

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Women wearing Statue of Liberty costumes protest US President Donald Trump's immigration policies in Sydney's Martin Place on 9 March, 2017. To illustrate the affect Trump's policies against DEI practices are having on ߣߣ��Ƶn research.

Foreign interference laws ��no protection from Trump edicts��

Rules designed for adversaries do not help against friends, expert warns, as US grills ߣߣ��Ƶn researchers on DEI, ��environmental justice��, ��gender ideology�� and China links

19 March

UCU: v-cs ��exploiting�� funding crisis to make ��vampiric�� job cuts

Union members hold Parliament rally urging ministers to bail out sector

18 March

Assessments face ��standardisation�� as cuts hit academic workload

Students face more ��formulaic�� and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes

18 March

Staff pushed into early retirement face pensions ��cliff edge��

18 March

Domestic student enrolments on the rise in ߣߣ��Ƶ

18 March

Bradford threatened with strike over job cuts and course closures

17 March

Cardiff green-lights Kazakhstan campus despite job cuts at home

17 March

NHS innovation centre floated as UKRI backs Labour��s missions

By Jack Grove

17 March

Academic publishers braced for slowdown as Trump DEI purge bites

By Jack Grove

17 March

ARC grants overhaul ��traps early career researchers in catch-22��

17 March

��Sense of unease�� for overseas students in Germany amid AfD rise

By Emily Dixon

16 March

��Sweeping�� university reforms planned as Vietnam plays ��catch up��

15 March

Does the UK really need a dual-support system for research?

The value of the UK��s research block grants has fallen significantly since 2010, as policymakers have focused funding upticks on projects with compelling narratives. And in a tough financial climate, there are widespread fears that the trend could continue. Jack Grove examines what would be lost if it does

14 March

Elon Musk, head of DOGE, holds a chainsaw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on 20 February 2025

Trump��s assault on US universities: five views from the chainsaw��s teeth

The administration��s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US�� world-leading higher education system. Here, we present five takes on what is unfolding

Emma Johnston attends the Marie Claire Women Of The Year Awards 2024 at Walsh Bay on 13 November 2024 in Sydney, ߣߣ��Ƶ.

Emma Johnston: ߣߣ��Ƶn HE must resist and adapt to external shocks

The marine biologist and new University of Melbourne vice-chancellor is intent on using insights from beneath the waves to keep her institution afloat through the brewing storms

Opinion

By Grace Gottlieb

Ten-year budgets can boost national R&D aims �C and reduce precarity

Longer-term funding isn��t a panacea but there is plenty of evidence that it can make a difference, say Grace Gottlieb and Matt Davis

18 March

A woman points a gun at a book, symbolising the threat to libraries posed by US anti-terror laws

US anti-terror legislation must not be weaponised against libraries

The terror financing bill��s broad language may require international efforts to defend academic freedom, says Caroline Ball

A student signs a petition demanding justice for Prakriti Lamsal, a Nepali student who recently died by suicide in her hostel room following alleged harassment by a batchmate at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)in India.

Indian universities must stop silencing and ignoring their students

The development of a healthy academic environment requires inclusivity, dialogue and mutual respect, says Eldho Mathews

Trump��s executive order does not give legal authority to end DEI

By Geraldine Van Bueren

13 March

Introducing the Cake-factor

By Mats Persson

7 March

Sampled vivas are pivotal in combating AI cheating

By Duncan Brumby

6 March

One-word university ratings are fool��s gold

By Steve Briggs

5 March

World policy

The demise of India��s journal whitelist highlights regulatory challenges

The recent arrest of accreditation council members only underlines that competence of regulation is as much of an issue as its degree, says Pushkar

Editor��s pick

Depressed mechanics in the US, in front of an American flag

If Republicans really want to help their voters, they should boost HE

Raging against the ��woke elites�� running US universities won��t help the millions of Americans who lack decent, family-sustaining jobs, says John Austin

PhD students should think like entrepreneurs

A scholar��s job is not just to learn �C it��s to create. And that requires a completely different skill set from consuming it, says Ilana Horwitz

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