Trump’s annual assault on education funding looms larger
After twice ignoring presidential pleas to slash higher education budget, Congress now seems less able to resist
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Women-only Cambridge college to admit men from 2021
Lucy Cavendish College to go co-educational and abolish its minimum entry age of 21
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Strike action over ‘unrealistic’ REF targets looms at Liverpool
Russell Group university is on course for UK’s first industrial action linked to 2021 research excellence framework, says union
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Virtual exchanges promise study-abroad experience for the masses
Technology now enabling rapid expansion of the worldwide sharing of classrooms
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Venezuela research output plummets as political crisis grips state
Data on research output in South America paints a stark picture for the troubled nation
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Spring Statement must renew commitment to blue skies research
Ministers love talking about grand government-directed projects, but Philip Hammond must reaffirm tomorrow the UK’s support for open-ended research using quality-related funding, says Stephanie Smith
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China: lure of homeland ‘no simple choice’ for expat academics
Personal and pragmatic factors often keep Chinese academics in the West
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White House asks universities for advice on foreign students
Unusual invitation by top administration officials suggests corporate pressure on Trump over immigrants
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Leeds pulls advert for ‘exploitative’ research assistant job
Academics say ‘personal assistant’ position highlights precarity faced by early career scholars
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Monash mulls ‘research-focused’ Indonesian branch campus
Vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner confirms university is considering opening outpost following signing of free trade agreement
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£1.3 billion Turnitin sale spotlights intellectual property fears
Huge price tag demonstrates power of plagiarism-checking company
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Royal Statistical Society: the TEF should have a health warning
Royal Statistical Society vice-president Guy Nason explains why it has taken the unusual step of reporting the Teaching Excellence Framework to the UK’s statistics watchdog
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University careers fairs are failing black students
Cage Boons explains why he and other University of Hertfordshire students decided to run their own careers fair for ethnic minority undergraduates
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‘Sea change’ raises tide of ߣߣÊÓƵn university fundraising
Institutions’ philanthropy heads lift their sights as campaigns exceed expectations
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We can do more to fix vocational education’s image problem
Degree apprenticeships are helping to alter perceptions of earn-as-you-learn courses, but universities must demonstrate their value to students and employers, says Jane Turner