Radical rethink of UK’s excellence frameworks is needed
Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh
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DfE job includes dealing with higher education access bar
Advert for student finance director post indicates minimum entry requirement idea proceeding, as sources suggest government may use GCSEs rather than A levels
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Historians concerned as China launches ‘distortion’ hotline
Making historic ‘misrepresentations’ a reportable offence could affect even overseas study  Â
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Sustainability ‘more important than location’ for mobile students
THE survey finds applicants are just as likely to rate university sustainability and graduate employment prospects as top priorities
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With ߣߣÊÓƵ ‘closed for business’, Chinese look elsewhere
Stranded students ‘won’t put their lives on hold’, diplomats warn universities
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‘Transitory’ scientists in cities tend to be most highly cited
In 15 out of 20 cities analysed, researchers just passing through tended to have the biggest impact Â
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Clipped wings can’t fly
Extra funding to support UK association to Horizon Europe was vital. But questions remain about the UK’s ambition to be a globally connected ‘science superpower’
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The Upswing, by Robert D. Putnam with Shaylyn Romney Garrett
Matthew Flinders finds the solutions offered in an ambitious analysis of American discontent less than impressiveÂ
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Leicester staff vote for strike action over job cuts
Union passes motion in favour of industrial action over risk to 145 staff
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Horizon funding ‘up for debate again’ before UK spending review
Future association funding ‘fairly secure’ but must be discussed again with Treasury, says business secretary
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Zoom pulls back from blocking controversial academic talks
Video platform made powerful by pandemic agrees to largely let universities police content
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Walter LaFeber, 1933-2021
Tributes paid to ‘the best thing that’s happened to Cornell in the last half-century’
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Interview with Connson Locke
The LSE management expert describes how workers can gain confidence to speak up, the culture shock of academia and what she learned from a drag king workshop
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Caution urged as vaccine passports rolled out for campus returns
US and Israeli institutions lead way on demanding immunisation but leading epidemiologist questions added value of ‘green pass’
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The week in higher education – 15 April 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media