Six in 10 graduates get a first at UCL and Imperial
‘No detriment’ policies lead to wide variation in degree classifications across sector
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Reset of UK-China research relations ‘will harm global science’
Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts
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Is Europe ready for a post-crisis online reform project?
Many institutions may find it challenging to translate the crisis experience into an immediate enhancement of teaching and learning, says Michael GaebelÂ
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Not sure what the author meant? Why not just ask them?
This isn’t the 18th century. Email and phones exist. So why is so much academic discussion still left to journals, asks Julian Baggini
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Academic freedom can’t be legislated into existence
A national ‘great debate’ in England would be more effective than imposing free speech champions and threatening fines, says Dennis Hayes
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Southern Africa Impact Forum to focus on sustainable development
THE event will seek to identify strategic solutions for universities whose pledges to erode obstructive socio-economic, environmental and health policies have been set back by Covid-19
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Careers intelligence: how to respond to unsuccessful applicants
With more candidates than ever applying for research roles, some scholars are reassessing how they engage with unsuccessful applicants
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Professor: End ‘myth’ of marginalised early career researcher
Staff who enter higher education in mid-career without a PhD are academia’s ‘proletariat’, not ‘privileged’ young researchers, says paper
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Greek scholars hope new law ends student anarchy on campuses
Legislation will enable police presence on campuses after years of academics being assaulted, held hostage and blocked from entering buildings
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V-cs fear logistical headache of staggered return to campuses
Leaders say they are happy to support safe return of students, but worry about timing and convincing staff
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If the OfS doesn’t appear to take online abuse seriously, who will?
Given the year we've just had, we might expect some acknowledgment of the need to address student welfare online, say Andy Phippen and Emma Bond
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New free speech rules target English universities
University and College Union accuses ministers of ‘fighting phantom threats’
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After the insurrection, critical thinking needs careful teaching
Academics must emphasise that thinking critically does not mean dismissing everything as biased, say Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren
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Bureaucratic oversight helped seal language courses’ fate
ߣߣÊÓƵn department ‘erroneously’ removed protection for former education minister’s pet courses
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Books interview: Alicia Walker
The sociology professor tells Matthew Reisz about her rural childhood, satisfying a hunger for the wider world through reading, and her (scholarly) interest in unfaithful men