4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (761+ words) Finland wants to raise its share of young people with a university degree to 60per cent by 2040, up from the current 39per cent, but sceptics say achieving the target has not been thought through. The country was a leader in higher education…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (475+ words) We want students to be equipped, empowered and positioned as leaders in sustainability and climate action. Through our network of national student unions across 54 countries, we are working to ensure that sustainability is not only understood but actively driven by…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (780+ words) With the final guidance for REF 2029 set to be'published in autumn, panellists and subject experts have been meeting in recent weeks to clarify the rules that will determine how around "2 billion in annual block grant funding will be distributed across…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1042+ words) In the 34 years Ahmed Abu Shaban has studied and worked at Gaza's Al-Azhar University, his department has been destroyed four times " most recently, like much of the rest of Gazan higher education, in Israel's bombardment of the strip following the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (370+ words) Much of the discussion around sustainable laboratories rightly focuses on infrastructure, procurement and institutional policy. But one of the most important places to embed sustainable practice is much closer to the bench: in the teaching laboratory, where students first learn…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (459+ words) South Korea is forging closer academic ties with Latin America, hoping to capitalise on growing cultural links and students looking for new destinations to study after shunning the US. The Korea Foundation (KF), founded in 1991 to further South Korea's soft…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (456+ words) The biggest sustainability gains in your labs are probably hiding in plain sight." University labs are among the most resource-intensive spaces on campus, consuming vast amounts of energy, generating significant plastic waste and producing costly hazardous materials. As a chemical…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (771+ words) Research laboratories are among the most energy-intensive spaces on university campuses, and one of the largest contributors to this demand is often hidden in plain sight: cold storage." These systems are essential to research, but carry a significant environmental and…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (503+ words) In academia, we often reach for metaphors to explain complex ideas about teaching, learning and leadership. One that has stayed with me is the beach ball. Familiar in leadership and coaching circles, including in the work of Paul Mc Gee,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (496+ words) UK university applicants without a pass in English GCSE will no longer be eligible for tuition and maintenance loans, under plans reportedly being considered by the Department for Education (Df E). Prospective students could be blocked from receiving government-backed finance for…...