Open University vice-chancellor Tim Blackman to retire next year
Sociologist credited with stabilising the distance learning institution, but will leave it facing fresh financial challenges and still reeling from Jo Phoenix tribunal ruling
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Will 10-year budgets really lead to step change for UK research?
New Labour government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced
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Years on edge, no cigar: the lot of foreign doctoral applicants
After waiting years for their visas, Australia-bound PhD candidates find that their university places have evaporated
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Exposure of student ‘drug ring’ sparks Korean soul-searching
Apparent rise in drug use among South Korean students raises questions about high-pressure academic culture
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Queer history MA axed in ‘bittersweet’ end to Goldsmiths dispute
Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 62 colleagues means averting further cuts is ‘no victory’
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Thomas Hardy’s hero Jude can inspire degree apprenticeship revolution
Universities of all types are embracing the earn-while-you-learn qualifications but government can do more too, says Exeter’s vice-chancellor Lisa Roberts
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‘Don’t fear’ waking giant of international education
‘We all fare better if we work together,’ says Washington lobbyist, as US turns a corner in its approach to foreign students
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Matt Goodwin: can you be an academic outside a university?
Controversial professor bets on Substack and right-wing links to sustain scholarship after exiting formal academic role
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Adelaide University merger is no Game of Thrones
Speculation over imagined backstabbings and betrayals is rife but the joining of two of Australia’s universities is more of a meeting of minds than clash of clans, insist vice-chancellors Peter Høj...
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Embassy closure forces Bangladeshi students to defer US enrolment
International student numbers expected to drop following visa processing centre closures
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Afghan female medical students to complete training in Scotland
Holyrood government extends home fee status to 19 students kicked off courses after the Taliban banned women from universities
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Policy ‘flip-flops’ destabilising Australian universities
Vice-chancellor says it is ‘fine’ for international students to make up nearly half of Melbourne’s enrolments
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Australian enrolment caps ‘to replace visa processing directive’
University lobby demands revocation of ‘ministerial direction 107’, after education minister insists student quotas will be a ‘better mechanism’
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Keeping up with big tech on AI research ‘never about competition’
As tech giants spend staggering sums on artificial intelligence, the head of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council explains why it’s vital for academia to engage in this ‘hot’ area...
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Least-selective UK universities fall further behind in clearing
Rise in students going directly into clearing helps keep overall admissions numbers steady