Colin Harvey: critics seek to ‘delegitimise’ Irish unity research
Embattled human rights professor faced abuse and threats online after DUP leader questioned latest report
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I’m retired but I’m still running my own unofficial university
Young people face one of the most challenging periods for coming of age in history. Academics should do all they can to help them, says Harvey Graff
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Yale lawsuit signals US struggles on mental health exclusions
In handling widespread and complicated problems for academia, especially after Covid, Ivy League institution moves from denial to attempts at finding compromise
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Academics struggle to get visas for relatives to visit UK
Bestselling Albanian author Lea Ypi among those prevented from seeing family members because of Home Office decisions
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Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU
Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations
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Iranian students are protesting like never before, but academics are wary
Iranian academia was previously going through a phase of chronic depression in terms of socio-political activism, says Roohola Ramezani
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Ministers ‘unlikely’ to remove students from migration statistics
New chair of Commons education committee ‘concerned’ by moves to limit study visas
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UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time
Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself
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California reaches tentative deal with striking graduate staff
Agreement on pay hikes and better benefits for graduate student instructors would end biggest-ever job action in US higher education, although many workers dissent
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Faces of 2022: who shaped higher education headlines this year
ߣߣÊÓƵ journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector’s biggest debates over the past 12 months
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ChatGPT ‘a powerful tool for education if used correctly’
AI becoming smarter and more accessible should be viewed not only as a cheating risk, say experts
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India axes publication goal for PhDs to tackle predatory journals
Scholars split on whether reforms – part of a wider relaxation of rules on doctorates – will tackle research fraud or whether they aim at the wrong target
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Free speech bill fans urge ministers to force home right to sue
Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are ‘unwilling to compromise’
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ߣߣÊÓƵ told to jettison ‘genuine temporary entrant’ test
Rather than focusing on students’ plans after they graduate, Canberra should assure itself of their commitment to study
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Building Africa’s science capacity requires broader, fairer collaboration
The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski