King’s Birthday Honours: damehoods for vice-chancellor trio
List includes knighthoods for historian Niall Ferguson and climate scientist Jim Skea
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The architecture professor rebuilding flattened villages
The science is ‘just physics’ and the human chemistry matters more, says academic behind a sustainable development programme that’s going global
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Training overseas-bound graduates ‘net earner’ for poor countries
If rich countries poach your nurses you should ‘build more nursing schools’, conference hears
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Steve Coogan film defames university administrator, judge rules
Actor Steve Coogan faces legal action over the portrayal of a university registrar in his 2022 film
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NIH hesitates on disability goal but takes on diversity critics
Top US research funding agency, while unsure about proposed change to mission statement, swings back at partisan attempts to limit an equity-focused agenda
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‘Vigilance key’ as far right rises and France calls elections
While centre-right majority may offer stability in Brussels, snap poll called by Emmanuel Macron offers fresh risk
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Private US college closures look to gain public attention
Philadelphia city officials probe University of the Arts shutdown, in sign that policymakers might see the need to go beyond their habit of only protecting their publics
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Taiwanese academics fear for future as more universities close
Academics attempt to move to public universities as private institutions hardest hit by declining enrolment
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We should not lament the demise of philosophy departments
It is surely not Gradgrindian to ask whether a subject can do without a corpus of factual knowledge and still expect students to study it, says Colin Swatridge
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UK election 2024: key higher education policies at a glance
With most of the major parties’ manifestos published, THE?analyses key pledges of the campaign so far
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More overseas graduates say post-degree activity ‘not meaningful’
The proportion of non-EU graduates of UK universities who said their current activity was not meaningful has doubled in recent years
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University leaders ‘must decide what sustainability means’
Most initiatives are well-meaning but ‘short-term, scattered, uncoordinated and incoherent’
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Labour promises ‘secure future’ for ‘crisis-hit’ universities
Party’s manifesto ducks detail in addressing sector funding crisis as it outlines larger role for institutions in skills training
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Miami’s Julio Frenk to lead University of California, Los Angeles
Former health secretary of Mexico to be flagship campus’ first Latino leader
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What crisis? Students rate UK courses highly despite challenges
More UK undergraduates?see courses as value for money in 2024, with international students driving much of the increase