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UK universities face ‘irreversible decline’, global league table suggests

The Guardian - Higher Education

Imperial overtook Oxford and Harvard universities and was behind only the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the annual Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university rankings. Continue reading.

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What do I want from the new Labour Government?

HEPI

What do I want to see from the Labour Government in relation to higher education? Firstly, I want a proper, grown-up conversation about what the UK Government wants the English higher education sector to look like. (As Being ‘world-class’ is often associated with institutions appearing in lofty positions in world university rankings.

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Higher education as a politicians’ playground

SRHE

Voters mostly care much more about cost of living, the energy crisis, climate change, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the NHS … and even within education, universities rank well behind schools and nursery places as topics for political debate.

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Africa meets Europe

The PIE News

The group also influences European educational policy and develops best practice through mutual exchange of experience. This year’s conference was fittingly scheduled to run alongside the Africa Futures conference, organised by the University of Cologne, and delegates could attend each other’s public events.