Ideological ‘rectification’ hi...
Yojana Sharma – Social sciences research in China, not as well funded in the past as the hard sciences, is undergoing an even...
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How should universities respon...
Simon Marginson – There are multiplying uncertainties in the higher education environment. We have been brutally reminded that...
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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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Bernhard Streitwieser – I was recently invited to participate in a European Union Horizon 2020-funded project in 13 European...
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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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Yojana Sharma – A political row has erupted over a university president’s commitment in writing to back Hong Kong students...
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Emiliano Bosio – The shift from pedagogically based academic values to market-based values over the past 30 years has signalled...
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Patrik T Hultberg and David Santandreu Calonge – Aimee Chung recently reported in an article titled “Minister moves against...
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Sharon Dell – Africa’s largest open distance learning institution, the University of South Africa (UNISA), is embroiled...
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Gerard Postiglione – It would not be surprising if the United States-China trade war and the accompanying intellectual...
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Yojana Sharma – Almost below the radar of university leadership, eSports or competitive computer gaming tournaments have...
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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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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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Ron McGowan – These are challenging and confusing times for graduates trying to find meaningful employment in today’s workplace...
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Eugene Vorotnikov – Top Russian universities are accelerating their battle for the world’s best researchers, according to...
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Yojana Sharma – This June marks the 30th anniversary of the crackdown of 1989 in which hundreds, possibly thousands, of...
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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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Geoff Maslen – Universities across Australia have been accused of enrolling hundreds of thousands of foreign students solely...
read moreFake news about the past is a ...
Antoon De Baets – Historians observing the current debate on fake news are tempted to make comments from a long-term...
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Brendan O’Malley – Corruption is ubiquitous and diverse in higher education, affecting every part of the world to some extent....
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