University of Miami shuns links with Cuba under local pressure
Meeting with representatives of the Cuban exile community have helped shaped plans for its flagship research institute
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Why the mental ill health of academic researchers remains a hidden problem
More work is needed to understand the mental health needs of researchers, say Susan Guthrie and Catie Lichten
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Scientists challenge stereotypes with selfies
Instagram posts aim to overcome perception that researchers are typically male and white
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PhD thesis: writing it up (and the art of procrastination)
Mike Smith reveals six of the most useful pieces of advice he has been able to give his PhD students over the years
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Universities’ focus on careers ‘fails to address global division’
Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’
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India’s foreign student recruitment ‘abysmally low’
Country’s universities losing out on revenue, diversity and global outlook, AIU report warns
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Universities must sell the benefits of globalisation
Peter Mathieson is a big believer in the merits of globalisation, and wants universities to instil this belief in their students
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International student figures: dawn rises on a dark world of falsehoods
The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith BurnettÂ
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Rudd ‘deserves credit’ for bid to secure overseas student shift
MAC commission seen as attempt to secure more open stance, enabled by exit of PM’s former adviser
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Review finds 'no evidence' of student overstaying problem in UK
New analysis of border check data suggest vast majority of international students leave country or stay legally after finishing courses
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UK government commissions ‘detailed study’ on overseas students
Announcement comes as new exit check data expected to show low numbers of student ‘overstayers’
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India shelves branch campus ‘pipe dream’ for domestic ‘eminence’
Foreign providers plan was misguided, but domestic selective funding option brings huge challenges, say experts
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DfE approves UK university sales, but regulator’s advice kept secret
Ministers back University of Law, Arden sales to Netherlands-registered GUS, as BPP decision awaited
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The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity, by Johanna Hanink
Do ancient cultural ideas drive the insistence that Greece pay all its bills in full? asks Emma Gee