Decolonisation demands a rethinking of what historical evidence is
Studying images, rather than texts, would allow history students to better grasp colonised peoples’ agency, says Apurba Chatterjee
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Black students in America need wholesale higher education reforms
From admissions to outreach and student data collection, the undergraduate journey must be reviewed to narrow unacceptable social and educational inequalities, say Kim Hunter Reed and Ray Belton
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Scholars hail top Korean university’s plan to scrap majors
More fluid degree paths could help graduates develop critical thinking, academics say, amid concerns over how similar changes could affect recruitment
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Interdisciplinary research should be central to student experience
Enormous efforts to increase links between research fields have failed to consider how undergraduates can also benefit and contribute, says Stephanie Marshall
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Rapid expansion of HE in China’s ‘Greater Bay Area’ takes shape
First postgraduate students start at new HKUST campus, signalling beginning of huge changes in the area
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China ‘dilemma’ on undergrad research amid geopolitical tensions
Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ‘less friendly’, but efforts could stall because of limited funding
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India, Australia flag plan for mutual recognition of qualifications
Perennially underdone educational relationship ready to go to the next level, advocates say
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US orders publicly funded research be made free to access immediately
Campaigners say academic publishers will have to ‘figure this out pretty darn fast’ as Biden sets 2025 deadline for switch to instant open access
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USC fraternity battle spotlights academia’s failings on abuse
Chapters’ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector’s reluctance to challenge ‘Greek life’ abuses
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The Rushdie attack underlines the value of teaching challenging books
Let’s not deprive our students of access to the full range of human experience in the name of protecting them, says Amna Khalid
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Boosting prosperity and solving challenges is not all about STEM
The latest A-level data show concerning long-term trends in the popularity of humanities subjects, says Julia Black
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Non-elite universities claw back ground in admissions race
‘Tentative signs’ the worst is over for lower tariff institutions after difficult decade since number controls lifted
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Stand-up research: academics use comedy to explain their work
Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings
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Biden slashes $300 billion in student debt
As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value
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Cintana seeks million-strong global student network
US education firm involving ASU has 12 global partners and foresees future growth bringing scope to collect student learning data on mass scale