Remedial education gets big overhaul in US
Mounting evidence of success leads to nationwide explosion of system that lets students take regular courses while filling gaps in their learning
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Conservative manifesto could pledge to scrap UK graduate visa
Timing of review raises suspicions that ministers are keen to deflect attention from uncomfortable migration data
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Forget book deals if REF open access rules proceed, warn scholars
Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access
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Report estimates cost of payments for social work placements
Cost of not reimbursing mandatory placements could be higher, advocates warn
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UK universities are self-harming by exploiting Chinese students
Recruiting underprepared students is damaging the classroom experience and is soul-crushing for teachers, says a UK lecturer
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Florida law threatens faculty unions
Legislation that places new conditions on union membership and funding already having an impact
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Luke Hall named education minister after Halfon resignation
Tory deputy chair expected to take on higher education brief
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Robert Halfon quits as higher education minister in UK government
Conservative to step down as MP at next general election
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UKRI investigation of Donelan claims cost taxpayers another £23K
Bill adds to £15,000 cost of damages paid by science secretary to professor over suggestion she had expressed sympathy for Hamas
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Manchester opposes Bolton’s ‘Greater Manchester’ name change
Universities in the same city region clash over proposed rebrand
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Michael Rosen attacks ‘unbearable’ Goldsmiths job cuts
Author among lecturers at under-fire institution to oppose plans that union says are ‘unprecedented in scale, intensity and speed’
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Colleges end race-based scholarships after affirmative action ban
Prodded by conservative activists and politicians, several public universities are interpreting Supreme Court admissions ruling to include a ban on minority-focused aid
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Pakistan wants Saudi Arabia to build migrant worker university
Project could aid Pakistani economy by boosting wages being sent back home, but Riyadh is yet to signal whether it will play ball
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Degree apprenticeships: ‘don’t ruin something world is adopting’
Report on ‘voices from the frontline’ aims to dispel degree apprenticeship misconceptions like that of middle-class takeover
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Australia set to pass new research sharing rules
Despite explicit exemption for fundamental research, Greens warn that new regime will stymie collaboration ‘outside Aukus bubble’