UCU branch’s support for ‘intifada’ condemned by Jewish students
Union members at UCL claim to have been the ‘victim of a smear campaign’ as higher education minister calls them Hamas’ ‘useful idiots’
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Academics targeted by authoritarian regimes ‘to quell dissent’
Increased persecution of scholars in Iran and Afghanistan led to more than 400 attacks being perpetrated against academia globally, says Scholars at Risk report
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Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK
Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds
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Fear of fees and debt ‘keep ߣߣÊÓƵns out of university’
Research ‘challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage’
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Palestinian students suspended by Israeli universities
Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution
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China seeks greater regional influence via Gulf university ties
As US institutions’ enthusiasm for collaborating with counterparts in Qatar and UAE wanes, China offers funding and language support to increase its influence
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A university merger in ߣߣÊÓƵ is a political obstacle course
Both boards approved the case for the amalgamated Adelaide University – but politicians still formed a scrutiny committee, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd
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One in five UK medical students ‘considering dropping out’
Warning comes alongside call for significant improvements in healthcare education and training
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Canada toughens approach to international student exploitation
Trudeau’s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration
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Donelan’s UKRI letter over Israel comments sparks free speech row
Science secretary’s condemnation of ‘extremist posts’ by UKRI equality advisers has led to accusations of ministerial ‘bullying’ and censorship
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Academics ‘the real victims’ of 21st-century ߣߣÊÓƵn boom
New millennium has wrought ‘transformational’ change on ߣߣÊÓƵn higher education, and much of it has been ‘negative’, seminar hears
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Recruiting overseas talent getting harder, say South African v-cs
Economic barriers and power outages harming sector’s reputation, but some leaders say country is continuing to hold its own, despite problems
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More countries close to joining Horizon, says EU negotiator
UK and New Zealand’s long-awaited association will spur on talks with Canada, South Korea and Japan, according to Signe Ratso
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‘Narcissistic’ v-cs linked to declining university performance
Hiring committees should ‘measure the egotism of candidates’ for vice-chancellor roles, say researchers who compared leaders’ traits and institutional outcomes
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Run from the chatbots or embrace them? There is a middle way
I tell students that I want to make them my academic integrity collaborators, upholding the quality of their own education, says Kenneth Worthy