Aberdeen compensates would-be lector as role axed at short notice
University withdraws Austrian role due to funding deficit but staff say longstanding post was well worth the small investment it entailed
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Korea draws shortlist for ambitious excellence initiative
‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline
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International students bear brunt of marking crisis
Home Office offers more flexibility for those hoping to work in UK after studies but some are seeing life plans fall apart
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Ministers confirm numbers cap plan for ‘rip-off’ degree courses
Long-awaited consultation response parks proposal to introduce sector-wide minimum entry requirements but slashes foundation year fee limit
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Policymakers take note: UK universities are not public bodies
Regardless of its merits, the bill barring state agencies from boycotting Israel cannot apply to universities, says Graham Virgo
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Most online postgraduate courses in UK offer flexible start dates
Universities seek to recruit more – and more diverse – students by offering range of enrolment points
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US Republicans question legality of NIH grant awards
In apparent attempt to persist with Covid-related campaign against Fauci, House members argue procedural flaw endangers $25 billion in medical funding
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Why is affirmative action OK for those with rich, college-educated parents?
Race-based admissions may be banned, but legacy students and those from elite schools still enjoy huge, unfair advantages, says Aman Majmudar
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Supporters must bear some blame for affirmative action’s tragic reversal
The biggest step backwards over the last 50 years was supporters’ retreat from equal opportunity to a focus on ill-defined ‘diversity’, says Harvey Graff
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Chinese sector expansion focuses on vocational training
Opening of colleges running at 10 times the rate of development of new universities
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Elsevier journal board follows through on mass resignation threat
Editorial board of Design Studies quits alongside long-standing editor-in-chief, who blamed publisher’s ‘deeply exploitative’ approach to running the title
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Acceptance of overseas entrance exams is a new recruitment frontier
Use of the CSAT is likely to increase US enrolment of South Koreans but could bode ill for some of the latter’s domestic institutions, says Kyuseok Kim
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UK’s hiking of visa and healthcare fees ‘indefensible’
Researchers say big increases to cost of study and work visas, and NHS surcharge, will make country less attractive to international students and staff
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Student use of machine translation ‘a debate we have to have’
Assessment rationales have not kept pace with AI translation and writing support tools, conference hears
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A collective bargain
As financial pressure takes its toll, the Oxford vice-chancellor’s clarity and commitment to the health of the whole sector show a way forward