Essex plans Clacton research centre to boost coastal communities
University hiring professor to direct Centre for Coastal Communities, based in Essex seaside town hit by deprivation
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Germany’s sweeping innovation strategy is ‘ministerial wish list’
Flying taxis indicative of a free-for-all, say critics, who see a half-baked attempt at a whole-government approach
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ߣߣÊÓƵn staff ‘underpaid by more than A$83 million’
Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders
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Canada tackles ‘chronic’ visa issues for conference attendees
Processing delays affecting guests from Global South put future of major academic events in country at risk
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Digital SATs will make international admissions fairer
A digitised form of America’s famous admissions exam will help level the playing field for university applicants across the world, says Cezar Wazen
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Fewer Chinese master’s students opt to continue studies abroad
Number of postgraduates heading overseas after completing studies at elite institutions still below pre-pandemic levels
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Indian students who defied BBC’s Modi documentary ban give me hope
While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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Scholarships fail to reverse declines in Latvia’s student numbers
Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students’ union
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Strikes paused after breakthroughs in pay and pensions disputes
All sides hail significant progress, with phasing-out of zero-hours contracts and higher wages for lower paid to be discussed in two-week talks
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Rayner shows her support for striking academics
Labour deputy leader promises to raise staff concerns about pay deductions with shadow education secretaryÂ
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UK universities make big gains in Stonewall’s inclusivity top 100
Swansea University highest placed institution in list of LGBTQ+-friendly employers but some institutions choose not to take part
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ChatGPT reveals the uncomfortable truth about graduate skills
AI-written essays have exposed the unambitious and unoriginal thinking that universities require from undergraduates, says James Warren
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Market declines shrink North American university endowments
Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front
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‘CV-blind’ grant review divides Dutch scientists
Preventing expert reviewers from reading applicants’ CVs could damage Netherlands’ hard-won research excellence, warns senior researcher
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Armenian rector who opposed merger says she’s being ‘forced out’
Karine Harutyunyan accuses government of undermining her position because she supported staff and students’ protests