Scottish Highers: pass rate falls again
Three-quarters of school leavers accepted into first choice of university
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US universities ‘short-changed’ by industry on research
Companies consistently don’t pay full value for medical discoveries in what Bentley study calls a ‘systematic problem’
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Outgoing ACU head: Commonwealth collaborations must go both ways
Chief executive of world’s oldest university network discusses equity in partnerships, two-way internationalisation and ensuring the UN sees the value of tertiary education
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Frustration as Scotland waits for detail on Erasmus alternative
Holyrood still finalising details of pilot student exchange programme but time running out to make it accessible, leaders fear
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Tessier-Lavigne debacle underlines case for more transparent authorship
By distributing both credit and blame where it is due, initiatives such as CRediT can help deter research fraud, says Paul Ayris
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Ten ways THE has improved the university rankings landscape
Collaboration has been a hallmark of THE’s rankings for the past 20 years. This is how we’ve worked with the global sector to produce league tables that meet the needs of universities
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Building the new Adelaide University: how we got from there to here
In the first of a series of articles charting the merger of the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, the institutions’ vice-chancellors, David Lloyd and Peter Høj, set out...
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Universities ‘overreaching’ in response to affirmative action ban
Institutions enact policies that go beyond court ruling due to abundance of caution or as part of ‘politically motivated agendas’
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Private university bids to beat elite to Japanese funding jackpot
President believes that Waseda has already reformed in key ways, helping make its case for support under the country’s excellence initiative
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Waiting game resumes for Australia-bound PhDs
Doctoral candidates at their wits’ end as visa processing stalls again
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Ahead of A-level results, UK sector ‘sits on a knife edge’
A second year of falling entry rates for UK 18-year-olds would be ‘a seismic moment for the sector’, admissions experts predict
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Another Wiley journal board resigns after month-long strike
Departing editors accept that there’s ‘no shortage of academics’ to replace them as they call for ‘concerted action’
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Hong Kong scholars split over ‘profiling of mainlanders’
Rising numbers of faculty from mainland China face atmosphere of ‘suspicion and mistrust’, researcher claims
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US universities must resist pressure to cut gen ed requirements
It is easy to be consumed by the daily addressing of students’ needs but, for their sake, faculty need to hold the line, say Colleen Wynn and Elizabeth Ziff
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Most commencing students ‘already have retirement funds’
Australian survey points to high degree of financial self-reliance among incoming students, along with amorphous fears about the future