PhD by publication ‘not an option’ at most UK universities
Review finds only one in three institutions publishes guidance on alternative doctorate format
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Funding council budgets fall despite hike in research spending
Core budgets of UK grant-awarding agencies eroded as new money goes elsewhere
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Higher job attrition rates ‘widen gender and ethnicity pay gaps’
While earnings gaps are well known, study suggests they are even wider than previously thought
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Science whistleblowers need better support – and I should know
Instead of focusing on the reliability of the data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders
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Starmer: Tories against ‘working-class aspiration for university’
Labour leader hits back at Rishi Sunak’s claim that higher education expansion target was one of ‘great mistakes of last 30 years’
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Halt gender critical book launch, Edinburgh told by UCU branch
‘Astonishing demand’ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ‘delegimitise trans people’ shows activists have been ‘emboldened’, say editors
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‘Treadmill’ casual academic image ‘a myth’, bosses claim
Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data
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China’s tuition fee hikes ‘could foreshadow’ marketised HE system
Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree’ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says
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Conservative attacks on universities ‘not a vote winner’
New polling shows strong support for degrees from parents, while Tory tactic may be of ‘near-zero interest’ to public
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Karikó’s Nobel: a moment of celebration or hard reflection?
Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine
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‘Neighbourhood effect’ drags down students’ academic achievement
Hesa research seeks to establish whether area-based measures of deprivation accurately reflect the challenges faced by specific households
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Universities must never retreat from international engagement
As geopolitical tensions and political scrutiny mount, knowledge diplomacy becomes both harder and more important, says Shearer West
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Israeli universities delay start of academic year after attacks
Start of classes pushed back, with longer postponement probable, as reservist staff, academics and students called up
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Support for poorer students ‘bigger priority than reducing fees’
Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds
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Shadow minister: university funding ‘keeping me awake at night’
Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ‘a big ask’ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax