Australian ‘Superstars of STEM’ aim to encourage female enrolment
While some women may not feel safe with numbers, according to stereotype, Katie Buchhorn uses numbers to help keep women safe
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Most full-time academics in UK now earning more than ?50,000
Milestone is little comfort to staff stuck on insecure contracts, says union
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Exiled Russian scholar: ‘When Putin goes, we will return home’
Forced to leave their homeland because of political persecution or international isolation, Russian?academics reflect on life in Western academia, communicating with old colleagues and what happens...
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The MRC’s new centre funding regime will maximise medical impact
Centres of Research Excellence, officially launched today, will also strengthen the UK’s leading position in biomedical sciences, says Patrick?Chinnery
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Use AI to fix ‘broken’ courses, not scale them – edtech pioneer
Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist
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University funding challenges imperil widening access efforts
Event hears that cold spots in provision must still be addressed
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Unprecedented ‘churn’ in academic jobs – but is it already over?
Nearly one in 10 changed employment during most recent year for which data is available, but financial crisis may have curtailed this
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Max Lu to swap Surrey for Wollongong as vice-chancellor
Homecoming of sorts for Chinese-Australian vice-chancellor
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Online Learning Rankings 2024: results announced
Eleven universities across four continents are awarded gold in?first attempt to measure online learning on a global basis
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Australian international student caps ‘will be revived’
Anticipated approach of rewriting ministerial direction would not require parliamentary approval
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Average student rent in London now above maximum maintenance loan
One in seven student rooms in UK capital now costs more than ?20,000 annually, up from one in 20 just two years ago
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Can a centuries-old federated model really save universities?
The University of London has been held up as an?example of how institutions can collaborate during tough financial times. But how easy would it be to replicate elsewhere?
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Concerns over lack of oversight for privately funded research
Controversial study?that conducted brainwave training on children in Indigenous areas?reveals some troubling truths about Canada’s research system
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A year in, how are we even surviving as academics in Milei’s Argentina?
The far-right president rails against academics’ supposed sense that they are superior. A?scholar forced to sell books to make ends meet feels anything but
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Jewish students ‘alienated’ as antisemitic incidents at new high
Number of university-related antisemitic incidents recorded by the?Community Security Trust doubles, with spike of reports in October 2023