US News rankings revolt ‘not just a tempest in a teapot’
Former Reed president hopes other universities will challenge influential league table
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Open admissions blows away unfair barriers to university access
Denying that people have the potential to succeed before offering them any training contradicts what education is all about, says Elisa Stephens
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New Danish government keeps ‘harmful master’s experiment’
Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us”
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Social media isn’t the only way to have public impact
Quitting Twitter lost Christopher Schaberg some connections. But the pleasures of in-person interaction far outweigh the regrets
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Streeting: medical schools with no British students ‘ludicrous’
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas
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Precarity exacerbating UK science skills gap, peers warn
House of Lords Science and Technology Committee also criticises ‘unjustifiably high’ visa costs
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Cost ‘not a stumbling block’ for Adelaide-UniSA merger
With fervent political support and promises of substantial funding, on-again off-again amalgamation now appears viable
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‘Collective crawling’ and cardboard dogs ‘are creative protests’
Bizarre phenomena on Chinese university campuses go beyond manifestations of student boredom, according to academics
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Labour set to back plan to double UK medical school places
Shadow health secretary backing a Policy Exchange blueprint for growing doctor numbers, including the creation of up to 15 new medical schools
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If you can’t beat GPT3, join it
We need to prepare students to thrive in a world where they use AI but are not dependent on it, says Mike Groves
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Harvard names Claudine Gay as first black president
Daughter of Haitian immigrants, social scientist serving as dean of arts and sciences promises to bring new commitment to interdisciplinary achievement
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Edinburgh film screening no-platformed over ‘transphobia’
University reaffirms ‘commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom’ following student protests and UCU’s call to cancel event
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Purdue chancellor who mocked Asian languages faces calls to quit
Incident is ‘shameful and disappointing’ and ‘undermines’ inclusivity on campus, says academic
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Ministers ‘resolute’ on right to sue universities on free speech
Westminster government signals it will seek to reinstate ‘statutory tort’ removed by peers
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How Cal State bucked the trend and reduced social inequalities
Outgoing president of LA campus ties success to institution’s longstanding diverse culture, even as he leaves under accusations of failing to protect it