“University town” will give Hong Kong campuses room to grow: the borderland development Northern Metropolis University Town is set to foster enhanced collaboration with mainland institutions and attract more international students. Helen Packer reports
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For open monographs, collective library subscription is the key: these initiatives don’t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create divisions, say Liverpool University Press’ Anthony Cond and Cornell University Press’ Jane Bunker. #OA #LivOpenMonograph
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Opinion: Young people are leaving Pakistan in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi
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Hundreds of academics call on Queen Mary University of London to boycott an Israeli institution after they claim it contributed to the persecution of one of its academics and “endangered” her life
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For open monographs, collective library subscription is the key: these initiatives don’t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create divisions, say Anthony Cond (Liverpool University Press) and Jane Bunker (@CornellPress). #OA #LivOpenMonograph
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There’s nothing technical about cybersecurity: discussing and demystifying #cybersecurity can help us shift it from a technology issue to being all about people, even at the sector level, writes Jisc’s David Batho on #THECampus
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“University town” will give Hong Kong campuses room to grow: the borderland development Northern Metropolis University Town is set to foster enhanced collaboration with mainland institutions and attract more international students
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Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy membership of Australian university councils, according to NTEU analysis. John Ross reports
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“We have to allow failure, have to learn without fear.” – Ji-Beom Yoo, president of South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), on pressing staff and students to broaden their horizons. #TalkingLeadership
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The Alan Turing Institute is being hindered in its goal of being the UK’s national centre for data science and artificial intelligence because of its governance structure and other issues, according to a new report
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The corruption allegations against the wife of the Spanish prime minister focus in part on her employment by a foundation funded by a leading private university, local media have claimed, writes Chris Havergal Chris Havergal bit.ly/4aNxgCY

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Improve your academic writing: check out these resources on #THECampus that explore how to improve academic-style writing in different contexts and for different audiences in research and teaching, as well as how to tap into creativity for better results.
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University alliances can still aspire towards Emmanuel Macron’s vision of a united European University, a conference has heard. Emily Dixon reports #THEreurope bit.ly/44dunbQ

Researchers applying for Wellcome Trust grants will have to explain how they plan to reduce energy consumption, reuse equipment and recycle waste products, the biomedical research funder has announced, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/4b6IHW0

Weakening exchange rates across South-east Asia could hit international student demand, experts have warned, as currencies in the region reach the lowest levels seen in years, writes Helen Packer Helen Packer
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University drawn into corruption claims against Spanish PM’s wife
Pedro Sánchez says he might resign over levelling of ‘falsehoods’ against Begoña Gómez, connected to her time working for IE University, writes Chris Havergal Chris Havergal bit.ly/4aNxgCY

Number of UK universities cutting jobs has passed 50, with leaders claiming drastic action is required to prevent institutions going under, but some worry that the speed and scale of the restructuring has gone too far, writes Tom Williams Thomas Williams bit.ly/3Jtcuwe

How can we take research from the lab to the marketplace?
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A lack of government oversight has left England’s student finance system open to fraud and abuse, a parliamentary report into the franchised provision of higher education has warned
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