‘Level playing field needed’ for Indian medical students
Expert calls for equal treatment of aspiring doctors, whether they are educated abroad or at home
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Brandon Taylor: campus racism inspired Booker-shortlisted ‘Real Life’
The Booker-shortlisted author on how much of his campus novel is inspired by real life and whether creative writing can be taught
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Tasmanian v-c offers key backing for ߣߣÊÓƵn reforms
Island state university’s stance could prove pivotal, with bill’s future hingeing on Tasmanian senator’s vote
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Dutch aim to stop academics working at weekends
Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress
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University promises minority review of black student applications
Calgary initiative aims to stamp out unconscious bias in law and medicine
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Ethnic minority sociologists ‘face hostility’ when teaching race
Study calls for race issues to be embedded into curricula, not taught as an ‘add-on’
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Is your woke academic friend actually a manipulative ‘sock puppet’?
Following the BethAnn McLaughlin and Jessica Krug revelations, Rachel Moss offers her tips for spotting online fakers
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Prospective UK students prioritise teaching quality
Winchester polling puts tuition well ahead of research reputation in eyes of teenagers
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ߣߣÊÓƵn reforms workable with amendments, say universities
‘Lock in’ funding boosts through legislation and abandon punitive auditing measures, Senate committee submissions say
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What are you reading? – September 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Covid-19 increasing risk of burnout amongst academics
The normalisation of burning out should no longer be accepted, say academics who have experienced it, particularly with coronavirus exacerbating the problem
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Harassment hotspots should lose research funding, says Solloway
UK science minister hits out at ‘spurious’ research metrics and ‘publish or perish’ lab culture
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Sally Hunt paid extra £400K by UCU on leaving general secretary job
‘Settlement’ brought to light by report on union leaders’ pay from pressure groupÂ
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European higher education set for stimulus funding bonanza
French package to nearly double budget of National Research Agency and add extra 30,000 university places
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NSS overhaul shows ‘dangerous’ drift towards graduate outcomes
Some criticisms around survey may be justified but there are major risks in a wholesale replacement, warn experts  Â