Half of UK academics ‘suffer stress-linked mental health problems’
Scholars at greater risk of stress-related illness than police, medics and local authority staff, research suggests
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Funding boost for African academics to fight continent’s diseases
New funding commitment aims to aid drug discovery ‘in Africa by Africans’
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Indonesian universities ramp up student monitoring to stop terrorism
Heads of 122 state universities across the country pledge to work with counterterrorist forces
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New UK visa scheme announced for skilled foreign researchers
Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered
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Think Chinese to protect enrolments, ߣߣÊÓƵn universities told
China’s internal policies, such as Belt and Road initiative, may hold the key to protecting a critical revenue stream
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Applying nudge strategies to higher education
Behavioural interventions have been successful in improving graduation rates among first-generation and underrepresented students in the US and should be embraced by more educators, say Ben Castleman...
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Zombie academic on the march
Undead professor deployed as critique of managerialism and teaching evaluation at a UK conference
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Ucas mature student report shows ‘one size doesn’t fit all’
Mature students more likely to study vocational courses, are mostly women and more likely to live at home, analysis finds
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UKRI counts tax cost after charity status ‘blunder’
New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved
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ߣߣÊÓƵ gives cold shoulder to Chinese PhD students, report suggests
Visa data, contradicted by Home Affairs figures, raise questions over treatment of Chinese doctoral applicants
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Nicholas Dirks on reimagining the university
In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor
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Twitter victory for University of Reading with ‘jog on’ post
Positive public outreach is critical for universities to remain on the good side of public opinion, but the University of Reading has found that a little bit of sass can go a long way
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Government R&D spending down in ߣߣÊÓƵ
Basic research bears the brunt of a general decline in spending
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The week in higher education – 5 July 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media