Imperial head: no more ‘dull lectures in crowded auditoriums’
Alice Gast says the pandemic has shown the need for crucial changes in universities
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Indonesia’s second foreign branch campus ‘months away’
ߣߣƵn university presses ahead with campus in Sumatra, agtech centre in Sulawesi and MBA delivery in Jakarta
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Imperial professor dismissed for research misconduct
Prolific cancer researcher Eric Lam has been fired after investigation found evidence of data falsification and manipulation
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Elite universities acknowledge need to help regional campuses
Outreach with less prestigious and rural institutions vital, sector leaders say
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No, minister, England’s free speech bill is a Holocaust deniers’ charter
Neither the Equality Act nor campus groups’ good sense will circumvent the duty to give a platform to anyone who wants one, says David Renton
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Universities ‘need full transformation’ towards lifelong learning
‘Tinkering with an outmoded’ approach is not enough, Tan Eng Chye tells THE event
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Civil partnerships: dos and don’ts for successful industry collaboration
When it comes to industry collaboration, Eiichi Saitoh knows that experience is the best teacher. Here are his tried-and-tested tips for success
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Can universities help save the UK high street?
As online shopping and pandemic leave swathe of retail units vacant, universities are urged to seize chance for space and civic roles
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Lifelong loans ‘could create long-term cost for English sector’
Government’s lifelong loans plan is fuelling drive to cut system costs and ‘spatchcocking a good idea’, sector figures fear
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Chinese researchers now largest overseas cohort in Japan
China-born academics now make up the largest cohort of foreign scholars in Japan, followed by Americans, Koreans and Britons
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The Fetters of Rhyme, by Rebecca Rush
Peter J. Smith admires a bold attempt to show how details of poetic form reflected deep political and religious divisions in early modern England
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Why are German politicians so obsessed with PhDs?
After yet another minister falls to a plagiarism scandal, observers lament that a long German tradition of doctorates has descended into academic ‘credentialism’
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Overseas students fear losing degrees as China borders stay shut
Entry ban compounded by lack of flexibility on degree time limits, publishing requirements and accreditation transfer
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History’s confinement to older universities must not be repeated
As post-92 departments close, non-traditional students and scholars risk being shut out – again, says Panikos Panayi
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ߣߣƵn regulator pursues essay mills through courts
Peter Coaldrake also warns universities against ‘sleepwalking’ through Covid-induced risks to their business model