Chris Parr is a freelance journalist. He was?Times Higher Education's digital and communities editor from 2012 to January 2018. Before that he was?chief reporter on SecEd newspaper, and then deputy editor of Independent Nurse magazine. He won the 2014 Education Journalism Award for?Outstanding Online Education Commentary.
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Articles by Chris Parr
A Canadian university president at the centre of a row about the sacking of a professor who spoke out about planned cuts has been dismissed.
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Courses with ‘de facto’ accreditation might address frustration at lack of graduates’ skills, minister says
Most universities in the UK and the US now have a presence on Twitter, but which institutions can claim to be using the micro-blogging social network most effectively?
Study proposes code of practice for recruitment firms to help address inequality
Lecturer’s contract not renewed after he set up out-of-hours module to broaden curriculum
The impact of transnational higher education on host nations is mainly positive, although more could be done to raise awareness among students.
Nations paying to send students and researchers abroad often fail to assess their value, study finds
Vice-chancellor of Bayero University Kano says his institution grew stronger after a deadly 2012 attack
The British Council is to offer its first free online course for learning English on the UK massive open online course platform FutureLearn.
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Asian institutions poised to rival ancient elite
The use of English as the language of instruction is a “galloping phenomenon” across the world, according to a report.
Pro vice-chancellor John Grattan recalls his hastily constructed plan of action in the face of the January storms
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The economics curriculum at the University of Manchester is too narrow and is stifling innovation, according to a student action group
The University of Northampton is to open a?regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region.
California institution is first university to hire its own online encyclopedia editor in residence
As students’ associations change and rely more on grants from universities, is their independence at risk?
Ebrahim Afsah has ‘chat’ with Iranian secret service about Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World course
Software flaw may affect sensitive data held by two-thirds of universities
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College’s output of female scientists has the caught the attention of the White House
Former RDI shareholders set to gain extra ?4 million from US parent as a result
