Brazilian researchers and students fear impact of ‘brutal’ cuts
Ministers reassure after funding agencies’ warnings of ‘serious impact’ for Brazilian research from cuts, but others see false promises ahead of election
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I won’t be answering any more questions about my work-life balance
Women get scant enough airtime as it is – they shouldn’t have to use it talking about managing family and career obligations, says Sherry Pagoto
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Tech giants lagging on publishing record
Analysis concludes universities are ‘moving towards a nearly exclusive monopoly’ over research articles
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Brazilian university to offer law course on 2016 political coup
Impeached former president Dilma Rousseff gives inaugural lecture at Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais, where new course will open from the coming academic year
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Canadian universities create joint pension fund
Three Ontario universities band together, aiming to share risk and reap benefits
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ߣߣƵn v-c calls for free speech principles after controversial event cancelled
‘Dominant discourse of the censor’ must not trump free expression on campus, UWA head says
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Four years later, reframing the Salaita controversy
Ilana Akresh says ending Steven Salaita’s employment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the grounds of hate speech was overly simplified
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Fears over potential publisher ‘monopoly’ in digital research tools
As Elsevier buys another academic workflow company, some worry about potential for publishers to ‘lock in’ scholars to their services
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European alliances make Britain great
The UK’s highly internationalised university system – a major factor in its research success – is a treasure that must be saved from a political altar
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Letters – 16 August 2018
Foreign students deserve more English support The article “Are students fans of peers from abroad?” (News, 9 August) reported on a survey of UK undergraduates’ views on internationalisation. Based...
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THE to host student engagement forum in New York
The event will host the launch of the 2019 US College Rankings in partnership with the Wall Street Journal
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THE podcast: The 2018 World Academic Summit preview
Who’s coming and what’s on the agenda for the 2018 World Academic Summit in Singapore
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Interview with Samira Ahmed
The BBC presenter and writer talks about how women should ‘demand equal pay’ and suggests a novel windfall tax to help fund HE
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Firing the canon
Dahl before Dostoevsky? Harry Potter before Proust? It’s time to acknowledge the texts that really constitute the modern literary canon, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Let’s spare students this outdated admissions rigamarole
New furore over a steep rise in unconditional offers and concerns over student mental health underlines why reform of the UK’s unique admissions system is long overdue, says Julie Kelly