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Brown University Reinstates Test Requirements

Insight Into Diversity

The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029. The institution joins Yale University , Dartmouth College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their decisions to bring back the practice after test-optional offerings emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and the first Black American woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed her co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, and in 2020 she joined The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) global board of directors to serve until 2029.

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TU Dresden and KCL transCampus aims to widen

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“Our two excellent universities [work together] in a complementary way, we bring together expertise and we are connecting in the future much more engineering science in to these topics… We combine basic research, big technology transfer in order to develop systems for a digital world.”

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62% ‘prioritising’ attracting int’l students – report

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One in three (35%) say that they are the lowest priority challenge areas now, but 65% say they will become increasingly difficult by 2029. Funding, education and talent follow as the second, third and fourth priorities, but leaders say that the need to adapt to political, technological and regulatory changes will become greater challenges.

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Open Access: A Benefit Not a Burden That is Worth the Cost

HEPI

The article below responds to this piece published by HEPI last week, which called for the open access requirement to be excluded from the Research Excellence Framework.

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Europe research unis “concerned” on security

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It says that an additional £4 billion in public R&D funding annually by 2029/30 is needed to sustainably meet a commitment of at least 3% of GDP invested in R&D. The UK’s Guild members King’s College London , The University of Glasgow and The University of Warwick are all part of the Russell Group.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I The assistant principal for boys suggested she apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Calling her “a pioneer in technology,” Black Enterprise also named Jackson a Women of Power Legacy Award Winner.