Higher power: stories behind the THE Awards 2021 winners
Universities show the way on transforming leadership culture, tackling period poverty, boosting African science and promoting leading research during the pandemic
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Finances complicate resumption of US Covid curbs
Outside a few elite institutions promising online formats for the coming semester, campus health experts fear monetary strains may overpower medical judgement
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Research on and with China purged as ߣߣƵn grants announced
Six humanities projects reportedly vetoed and China collaboration nosedives as Discovery outcomes finally see light of day
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The climate emergency demands deeper international partnerships
Networks such as Universitas 21 facilitate mutual support to meet net zero targets, say Tan Eng Chye and Anton Muscatelli
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The World Turned Inside Out: Settler Colonialism as a Political Idea, by Lorenzo Veracini
Neve Gordon has reservations about an ambitious analysis ranging across continents and centuries
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A thousand tiny gestures
After a second year of social distancing, how strong are the ties that bind us together and what is it that makes us a community, in society and HE?
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University of Hong Kong removes Tiananmen ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue
HKU community sceptical of official explanation blaming move on fragility of monument
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Could online degrees be the way forward for Afghan women?
University of the People aims to fund 4,000 Afghans to study, with 600 already enrolled in its courses
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Interview with Sujit Sivasundaram
Cambridge professor discusses swapping engineering for history, why researchers overlook the Indian and Pacific oceans, and what it means to offer ‘an environmental lens’ on imperial history
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Frances McCall Rosenbluth, 1958-2021
Tributes paid to a pioneering political scientist who overcame the obstacles and stereotypes that often block women in the academy
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UEL breached health and safety law over work-related stress – HSE
University appeals against ruling sparked by union complaint over workload
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English lifelong loans plan aims to ‘divert demand’ from degrees
Sector awaits key details on scheme requiring ‘complete remake of student finance system’ and likely to face Treasury scepticism
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The week in higher education – 23 December 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Are you suffering from academania?
The escalating pressures of university life are resulting in all manner of exotic new psychological disorders. Adrian Furnham opens his casebook
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23 December 2021 digital edition
Goodwill to all? Academics reflect on the image and reality of campus as community