Lifelong loans will fail to boost enrolments, says Birkbeck v-c
Returning leader says UK instead needs ‘major rethink’ of funding model and how it supports low-income and mature students
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Scientists fear creeping political influence over Polish academy
Government criticised for planned reforms but says it will close rival body widely seen as favourable to former populist regime
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‘Contagion’ risk if UK university goes under, warns report
Government urged to appoint new higher education commissioner to oversee £2.5 billion loan scheme in case of institutions going bankrupt
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The identity deficit is the cause of engineering’s broken female pipeline
Educators need to do more to help students reassess the meaning they attach to labels such as “female engineer”, says Elena Liquete
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Value of Thames Water investment ‘minimal’, admits USS
University pension scheme effectively writes off stake in ailing company that was worth £956 million two years ago
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UK university explores options in South Korea’s forgotten hub
Despite bold ambitions, Incheon Global Campus has been largely shunned by international universities and ignored by politicians – could the next decade see its revival?
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Brunel University to join University of London
Institution based in the west of the capital will join the federation to pursue ‘new opportunities for collaboration’
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Underfunding ‘serious threat’ to European universities
Almost half of institutions say insufficient funding is biggest obstacle to better teaching and learning
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Does Labour still want more people to go to university?
The party behind the UK’s 50 per cent target is back in power but, while it still pledges commitment to equality of opportunity, it’s not clear what role – if any – universities will play in...
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Building the block: Australian university launches how-to academy
First comprehensive research university to fully switch to block teaching believes it is destined to become ‘more mainstream’
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How Labour can harness the power of HE in its first 100 days
Providing skills, creating opportunity and training the teachers and nurses the UK needs: modern universities stand ready to deliver, says Rachel Hewitt
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Trump assassination posts test boundaries of academic freedom
Many scholars were criticised for their comments after the Pennsylvania shooting but should those involved be losing their jobs?
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India cuts higher education budget as focus turns to skills
Scholars express concern as the University Grants Commission has its budget slashed by 61 per cent
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Konstantin Novoselov: graphene’s future is still bright
Nobel prizewinner reflects on the early hype over graphene, why Brexit damaged British science, and how geopolitics is harming research
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Australian caps show ‘declining rule of law in higher education’
State governments, policy experts and law council present united front against federal proposal