Doctoral student held by Egypt pleads for help from universities
Waleed Salem has been unable to leave home country after being jailed during research
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Research grant veto powers need guidance, ߣߣÊÓƵn scholars say
Researchers press for ministerial code of conduct amid fears that latest political intervention may never be resolved
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Scrapping foundation year funding ‘would end vital second chance’
English universities argue foundation years diversify STEM intake, as Augar call to scrap funding comes back on agenda
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International students cautious about recruitment agent ‘bias’
New survey to mark launch of THE Student also reveals disruption to study plans wrought by the pandemic
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Does the UK need medical schools?
Universities’ nominal control of undergraduate medical training belies the fractured reality, says Jonathan Rees
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Proceed with caution: new metric will ‘inevitably’ aid regulation
OfS says it has ‘no plans’ to use new student outcomes measure, but government repeats warnings about ‘low-quality courses’
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Swiss fear Horizon Europe exclusion as Brussels talks break down
Long-running negotiations between Brussels and Berne have stalled, risking a repeat of 2014, when the country was shut out of EU research
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UKRI to review ‘one principal investigator per grant’ rule
Chief executive Dame Ottoline Leyser says existing ban on sharing project responsibilities does not help science
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New Zealand scientist leads research excellence framework review
Former government science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman will lead international advisory body to examine reform of national research audit
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Supervising PhD behind bars breaks new ground in research
Prisoners offer exceptionally honest answers to doctoral student serving with them in a US prison
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King Alexander’s history: lessons from a twice-ousted president
After two forced resignations, exiled president tackles racism and selfishness undermining US higher education
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University staff in Italy ‘most likely to have secure contracts’
Almost a third of university employees globally are on contracts lasting less than two years, according to THE data
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SDGs propelled our impact from the local to the global
The United Nations’ global goals have enabled French institutions to broaden the scope of their sustainable development work, says Anne Beauval
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China citations boost from Covid research ‘closes gap with US’
High-impact research early in pandemic may have put rocket fuel under country’s citation performance Â
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Meeting the SDGs demands a step change in collaborative research
Universities are moving in the right direction, but they can and must go further and faster, says Alice Gast