Young University Rankings 2021: results announced
Asian universities further boost their performance in list of world’s best universities founded during the past half-century
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Young University Rankings 2021: the quick and the staid
Data from THE World University Rankings show where young universities are making rapid improvements
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Indiana University students sue over Covid vaccine rule
Institution confident of legal victory, but political costs loom in conservative state
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Have young universities adapted better to the Covid-19 crisis?
The pandemic has hit older populations harder than the young. Might the same be true of universities? Ellie Bothwell considers if the flexibility and agility of younger institutions made them more...
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Young University Rankings 2021: table information
Key statistics The information shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the ߣߣƵ World University Rankings. It represents data from...
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Researchers ‘plot promotions using conference collusion rings’
Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor
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NIH funds cluster hiring of ethnic minority scientists
New programme for universities modelled on version that increased racial equity within NIH’s own laboratories
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Gag clauses ‘becoming the norm’ in ߣߣƵn redundancies
Covid redundancy terms include non-disclosure and non-disparagement obligations, as corporate HR culture captures universities
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Death of three-hour exam looms as pandemic reshapes assessment
Many UK institutions say they do not plan to return to pre-pandemic methods and will use next academic year to test new approaches
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Unions condemn English university arts cuts in letter to PM
Plans to reduce teaching grant are one of ‘biggest attacks on arts and entertainment in English universities in living memory’
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Do Zoom classes confirm our worst fears about human nature?
Some students have abused privacy allowances and marking latitude – but others’ ongoing engagement has been heartening, says Robert Zaretsky
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Pandemic shock ‘has exposed university teaching inequalities’
Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope
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Digital collaboration alienating junior scholars, warns professor
Young researchers forced to interact online ‘do not feel part of a team’ and may leave sector, educationalist tells summit
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Under-fire Lancet admits conflict of interest on lab-leak letter
After criticism that it failed to declare Peter Daszak’s work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, journal has also ‘recused’ zoologist from its coronavirus origins taskforce
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Russia blacklists US liberal arts college
Action against Bard College threatens novel liberal arts degree and widens Putin crackdown on higher education