‘Invisible ink’ student pays high price for cheating
With micro-earpieces, smart watches and miniature mobile phones confiscated from exams in recent years, it seems students are resorting to ever-more-imaginative ways to cheat.
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Will voice of universities be heard in the ‘Brexit election’?
Theresa May has told the people of Britain that a vote for her in the general election will “strengthen my hand and the UK’s negotiating position on Brexit”.
Tech challenger universities lead the way on industry links
The major problem faced by higher education in the developed world – particularly the West – in the past decade has been adapting to the erosion of public funding as governments, both regional and national, face a cash crisis.
Peer review: should we let the robots take over?
Many academics bemoan the often thankless task of peer-reviewing other scholars’ research manuscripts before they are published in journals.
Gender studies under attack from the new right
As populist, traditionalist politicians make waves across Europe and the US, they have found a new foe in the academy: gender studies.
UK migration target remains: will overseas student numbers be cut?
When Theresa May confirmed last week that the Conservative pledge to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands” would feature in the party’s election manifesto, she claimed that Brexit would help her to achieve the aim.
École Polytechnique’s modern outlook in sync with Macron
In his final engagement before resigning as finance minister last year, Emmanuel Macron, now the president of France, visited one of the country’s most prestigious higher education institutions.
Romanian government ‘seizes control of research councils’
Romania’s top universities have called for the country’s research minister to be dismissed after the government removed overseas members and evaluators from national research councils.
PhD students: time to make them university employees?
Universities around the world looking closely at employment rights and research engagement of doctoral candidates
UK Tory review of tertiary funding could bring ‘price competition’
The Conservative manifesto’s plan for a “major review” of tertiary education funding could “generate price competition for the first time ever” across the whole sector, according to one expert in the field.
