The week in higher education – 17 February 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Record numbers of school-leavers seek UK university places
Drop in mature applications means total pool has shrunk slightly, with continuing European downturn offset by Indian and Chinese growth
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Wall Street’s failed student loan experiment must be ended
As politicians begin to confront America’s student debt crisis, Charlie Eaton explains how public opinion turned so decisively against the financialisation of US higher education and why full loan...
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Pay researchers for results, not plans
Scientists should strive for real impact, not to impress a panel of busy peers, with their agendas, biases and blind spots, says Pedro DomingosÂ
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17 February 2022 digital edition
Kill switch:Â Can academics keep Big Tech in check?
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Can the academy rein in Big Tech?
The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities – with vastly lower research and...
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Berkeley bracing for deep enrolment cut after court ruling
City residents fighting student overcrowding win order that would slice planned freshmen class by a third
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Academics ‘reluctant’ to recommend Japan as borders stay shut
Tokyo’s tight border controls could undo decades of education exchanges, say scholars
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Half-empty campuses and segregation as Afghan universities reopen
Students and staff voice concerns over slipping quality of education as Taliban members are tapped for teacher posts
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Russia-Ukraine tensions mar rectoral poll with stolen ballot box
Prime minister upholds reselection of reformist rector after masked, dye-wielding men try to spoil and steal vote
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Contingent faculty are treated as mere cannon fodder
The Bourne films had it right. ‘Look at us. Look at what they make you give,’ says Donald Earl Collins
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Attempts to tackle casualisation in ߣߣÊÓƵ ‘have failed’
University casuals less likely to win permanent employment than cleaners or bank workers, Senate inquiry finds
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Go now, Imperial staff tell Gast after bullying report published
No confidence motion also calls for radical overhaul of university’s governance
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Young University Rankings 2022 digital edition
It’s a big job to launch a university, so whatever its aims, it requires immense drive to succeed. Here, we explore who is making the most of their youthful vigour, freedom and flexibility to make a...