Unpaid fees leave South Africans unable to claim degrees
Further protests hit university campuses as pressure on ‘missing middle’ mounts
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More than 1,000 jobs at risk at global hubs facing research cuts
A dozen flagship UK-led hubs make up around half the active grant funding from under-threat GCRF budget    Â
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Wellcome’s eight-year awards to offer researchers ‘freedom’
Biomedical funder to widen eligibility of early career awards to encompass scholars returning from career break
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Agents ‘push students to universities that pay the most’
A significant share of university staff and international students surveyed believe agents are biased towards certain institutions
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OfS: National Student Survey will drop ‘satisfaction’ question
But first phase of review ordered by ministers finds preference to continue with ‘existing annual census’
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Teaching intelligence: why implement student co-creation?
Anna McKie talks to three experts about the benefits of embedding the concept of students co-creating their own learning
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Recruiting more Black PhD students isn’t so hard if you really want to do it
Anonymising applications and reserving studentships and starter grants for Black researchers would go a long way, says Daniel Akinbosede
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ߣߣÊÓƵn campuses bid to save autonomy from Canberra meddling
Universities face ban on deals with foreign partners that lack ‘institutional autonomy’, as they wrestle with similar demons
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US lawmakers cross party lines in major research funding push
China concern drives leaders of both parties to propose nearly doubling National Science Foundation budget
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What are you reading? – 29 March 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Scholars wary of Biden’s opening salvo on foreign research ties
New president appears to accept Trump’s last-minute rules codification
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Funding concerns as Mexico moves closer to free higher education
Academics say universities are in the dark over their future funding levels, and ‘compulsory’ higher education policy creates overly high expectations for students
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Why is the UK government considering a huge cut to research?
John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status
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In my rush to embrace new tech, I forgot about my students
We must fight the urge to want to play with shiny new toys even more than educate our classes, says George Justice
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Doctoral funding at risk if further cuts forced on UKRI
Experts warn that diverting cash to pay for Horizon Europe association would exert a heavy toll on early career scholars