50 professors decry Murdoch ac...

Nov 8, 2019 by

50 professors decry Murdoch action against whistleblower

Geoff Maslen – More than 50 of Australia’s most distinguished professors have written to the vice-chancellor of Perth’s Murdoch...

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Securitisation and the challen...

Nov 3, 2019 by

Securitisation and the challenge for higher education

Bernhard Streitwieser – I was recently invited to participate in a European Union Horizon 2020-funded project in 13 European...

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In defence of universities as ...

Oct 27, 2019 by

In defence of universities as truth-seeking institutions

Svein Stølen and Åse Gornitzka – A focus on core academic values must be the bedrock of global universities’ strategies for the...

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University president under fir...

Oct 27, 2019 by

University president under fire for stance on protesters

Yojana Sharma – A political row has erupted over a university president’s commitment in writing to back Hong Kong students...

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The need for a values-based un...

Oct 3, 2019 by

The need for a values-based university curriculum

Emiliano Bosio – The shift from pedagogically based academic values to market-based values over the past 30 years has signalled...

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Closing elite university feede...

Sep 11, 2019 by

Closing elite university feeder schools won’t end inequity

Patrik T Hultberg and David Santandreu Calonge  – Aimee Chung recently reported in an article titled “Minister moves against...

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University split over ‘racist’...

Sep 4, 2019 by

University split over ‘racist’ academic promotion criteria

Sharon Dell  – Africa’s largest open distance learning institution, the University of South Africa (UNISA), is embroiled...

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No US or China higher educatio...

Aug 11, 2019 by

No US or China higher education winners in trade wars

Gerard Postiglione  – It would not be surprising if the United States-China trade war and the accompanying intellectual...

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Universities ride eSports wave...

Aug 4, 2019 by

Universities ride eSports wave for a stake in its future

Yojana Sharma  – Almost below the radar of university leadership, eSports or competitive computer gaming tournaments have...

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Demand for higher education in...

Jul 25, 2019 by

Demand for higher education in steady decline

Eugene Vorotnikov – The demand for higher education in Russia is steadily declining due to its high cost and the lack of...

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Universities seen as key to di...

Jul 13, 2019 by

Universities seen as key to dialogue with disaffected youth

Mimi Leung and Yojana Sharma – Government officials have indicated that universities will be key to reaching out to Hong Kong’s...

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Preparing students to find wor...

Jun 11, 2019 by

Preparing students to find work instead of a job

Ron McGowan – These are challenging and confusing times for graduates trying to find meaningful employment in today’s workplace...

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Top universities in battle for...

Jun 2, 2019 by

Top universities in battle for world’s best researchers

Eugene Vorotnikov – Top Russian universities are accelerating their battle for the world’s best researchers, according to...

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Tiananmen Square a topic that ...

May 26, 2019 by

Tiananmen Square a topic that still can’t be studied

Yojana Sharma  – This June marks the 30th anniversary of the crackdown of 1989 in which hundreds, possibly thousands, of...

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Number of Arab students more t...

May 22, 2019 by

Number of Arab students more than doubles in a decade

Figures released by Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE) show that the number of Arabs in higher education in Israel has more...

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Universities enrol foreign stu...

May 14, 2019 by

Universities enrol foreign students certain to fail

Geoff Maslen – Universities across Australia have been accused of enrolling hundreds of thousands of foreign students solely...

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Fake news about the past is a ...

May 10, 2019 by

Fake news about the past is a crime against history

Antoon De Baets – Historians observing the current debate on fake news are tempted to make comments from a long-term...

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Call to fight the spread of co...

Apr 18, 2019 by

Call to fight the spread of corruption in HE globally

Brendan O’Malley – Corruption is ubiquitous and diverse in higher education, affecting every part of the world to some extent....

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Sweeping ‘fake news’ bill a ri...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Sweeping ‘fake news’ bill a risk for academic freedom

Academics from Singapore and around the world have expressed concern over Singapore’s new bill against internet ‘fake news’, which...

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The coming ‘China crisis’ in g...

Apr 7, 2019 by

The coming ‘China crisis’ in global higher education

Philip G Altbach – Universities in major countries have come to depend on Chinese students for their increasingly important...

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