Top UK laboratories adjust as Wellcome Trust cuts core funding
World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries up
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Harvard may keep Garber in presidency ‘for years’
Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy might force persistence of white male leadership
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Tories ‘dripping sand in the gears’ of international education
Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being ‘driven by the madness of the immigration debate’
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UK plans national academy for mathematics
Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy
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Lack of communication skills leaves UK graduates naked in the workplace
Universities must address the deficit by offering training in public speaking to all undergraduates regardless of course, says Simon Hall
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European university alliances ‘replicate existing hierarchies’
But study notes later modifications to flagship policy have started to broaden out membership in terms of prestige and geography
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Singapore university events ‘must be in national interest’
Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”
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Poor-quality presidential searches lead to poor appointments
Relying on search firms and ignoring faculty input is one big reason why incumbencies are shortening and success is becoming rarer, says Harvey Graff
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Four-fifths of UK providers in deficit if overseas income tumbles
Institutions’ projections for increased enrolments and reduced expenditure may be too optimistic, warns PwC
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African scholars ‘shooting in dark’ without more research funding
Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions
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Universities ‘must keep track of’ visiting professorships
Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say
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Fees for foreign students ‘a sign of what’s to come’ in Argentina
New president introduces legislation that would allow universities to charge, but many may be reluctant to do so
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More than 2,000 universities submit data for Impact Rankings
Spike in participation in sustainability-focused table led by Asia
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Editing companies are stealing unpublished research to train their AI
Both publishers and the editing firms they outsource to must seek informed consent to use academics’ IP, say Alan Blackwell and Zoe Swenson-Wright
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Open-access publisher Frontiers to cut 600 jobs
Firm to axe a third of its workforce following ‘downturn’ in publishing trends