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Jan 16, 2020

Edtech start-ups: Jisc invites innovators to solve HE challenges

Start-up companies are being called upon to solve higher education’s biggest challenges as part of a new partnership programme. The new scheme – Step up – will connect institutional decision-makers to innovative start-up businesses that can offer edtech solutions. The innitiative is being run by Jisc, the organisation which provides digital solutions for UK education and […]

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Nov 12, 2019

How UK academics are facing a furious backlash for advising students to vote

Universities have a legal obligation to encourage voter registration. This has prompted an angry reaction in some areasWhen Carrie Paechter, a professor at Nottingham Trent University, tweeted two weeks ago that students could register to vote at both …

Nov 10, 2019

Academics protest as Cambridge fellow told to leave Britain

Letter warns immigration rules may damage UK universities’ ability to attract global talentMore than 30 academics have written to the Home Office in protest at its decision to deny a Cambridge research fellow leave to remain in the UK, preventing her f…

Nov 10, 2019

Can laboratories curb their addiction to plastic?

Research scientists have largely gone unnoticed as major users of unrecyclable material. Now some universities are helping them kick the habitScientific research is a largely ignored consumer of single-use plastics, with the biomedical sciences a parti…

Nov 9, 2019

We need to talk about slavery’s impact on all of us | Olivette Otele

How should we address the longterm trauma that was caused? As professor of the history of slavery, I aim to find outWhen my new role as professor of the history of slavery at the University of Bristol was announced, some people’s reaction was, “about t…

Nov 8, 2019

The term ‘privilege’ has been weaponized. It’s time to retire it | Robert Boyers

Accusations of ‘privilege’ are a form of one-upsmanship – and a charge against which there is no real defenseIn recent years, Skidmore College, where I am a professor, has been roiled by political incidents large and small. As at other colleges and uni…

Nov 7, 2019

University staff don’t want to strike for fair pensions and pay, but we’re being forced to | Jo Grady

Insecure employment and changes to pensions are stopping us from delivering quality education to studentsEarlier this week, the University and College Union (UCU) announced that staff in 60 universities across the UK will abandon their offices, librari…

Nov 6, 2019

The Guardian view on academia and autocracies: stand firm | Editorial

Universities are hungry for international students and funding. But they must not compromise their fundamental valuesEducation is one of Britain’s most successful exports, bringing in almost £20bn a year. Universities and ministers love to talk up its …

Nov 6, 2019

The sandwich degree: how to fill your course with a dream placement

Lots of students favour degrees that include a year working in industry. Our experts reveal how to find the best opportunitiesWhen Heidi Hawkins applied for her degree in business management at the University of Huddersfield, the sandwich year was the …

Nov 6, 2019

How I found my vocation: ‘After prison, studying made me feel normal’

I thought I’d blown any hope of having a normal life, but going to uni gave me a second chanceWhen I was 18, I was convicted of a violent crime. It happened after a mental breakdown and it was the first time I’d ever been in trouble with the police. In…