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Experts warn that some will be left behind amid rapid sector transformation
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Universities ‘must work with whole ecosystem’ in developing world
To tackle the SDGs, understanding local context is important for universities in both the Global North and South, conference hears
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Labor backs ߣߣƵn drive for research commercialisation
Opposition pledges unity ticket with government on ‘single most important piece of microeconomic reform that faces the nation today’
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Attractive pensions benefits are possible without huge price hikes
Action is clearly needed to shore up the USS, but the trustee needs to be more flexible, says Alistair Jarvis
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Taiwan eyes international recruitment with switch to English
Amid demographic decline and geopolitical isolation, island hopes to have more English-language courses
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Students anxious over Toronto mental health tactics
University tries to allay fears that reporting mental health issues could result in students being barred from campus
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Careers Clinic: how should I approach a PhD supervisor?
THE’s Careers Clinic brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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Creator says REF should swap expert panels for metrics in science
Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines
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Plan S will be a catastrophe for learned societies
The pandemic has curtailed urgent discussion of open access’ impact on scholarly societies, says Frank James
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English regulator demands ‘urgent action’ on sexual harassment
Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector
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Gender parity in astronomy ‘impossible without intervention’
ߣߣƵn astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices
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Short-term government policies ‘holding back innovation’
Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for research
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Cape Town library collections destroyed in Table Mountain fire
Reading room of historic Jagger library ‘completely gutted’
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Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union, by Stella Ghervas
Gabriel Paquette is impressed by an ambitious account of how a continent has kept trying to reinvent itself after major wars
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Asian leaders warn against ‘prescriptive’ innovation policies
Sector leaders say governments should ‘nudge’, not direct, university commercialisation efforts