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Speakersâ bureaux are largely designed to promote celebrity after-dinner entertainers, but they are also being adopted by academic publishers as a way to boost authorsâ long-term profiles. Matthew Reisz asks whether others should be grabbing the microphone #academicsky
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âAppallingâ numbers of journal editors publishing in their own special issues have been highlighted by research integrity experts, who urged publishers and funders to tackle this âabuse of editorial powerâ
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I didnt know interest had declined. It's a pity. A year in France as an undergraduate changed me more than any other experience.
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Matilda Fitzmaurice
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Thanks
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for covering the
@statesofprecarity.bsky.social
report launch event this week!
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If HR is not intentionally involved in building a student-centred environment, that environment cannot become truly sustainable, writes Igor Kim of Nazarbayev University:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/dont-forget-hr-when-building-studentcentred-university
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Donât forget HR when building a student-centred university
HR staff can be invaluable in shaping the student experience. Hereâs how to keep them in the loop
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/dont-forget-hr-when-building-studentcentred-university
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Politicians target closer research collaboration between India and Germany but campuses unlikely to follow, given funding constraints
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/german-universities-reluctant-join-india-campus-boom
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A âbizarreâ linguistics paper claiming the ancient Greeks forbade reference to water as âHâOâ has been retracted by a Springer Nature journal after experts expressed disbelief that the âramblingâ article had ever been published.
@jgro-the.bsky.social
reports #academicsky
https://ow.ly/einQ50XXay6
1 day ago
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Opinion: Students may not have started the current uprising but they are seizing what might be a last chance to remake the country, says Roohola Ramazani #academicsky #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/irans-students-are-pushing-revolution
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Iranâs students are pushing for revolution
Students may not have started the current uprising but they are seizing what might be a last chance to remake the country, says Roohola Ramazani
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/irans-students-are-pushing-revolution
1 day ago
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Universities are having to make âa trade-offâ between awarding pay rises and protecting jobs, according to the new chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association.
Juliette Rowsell
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https://ow.ly/oOi350XXgHP
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The claim that AI can't make meaning contradicts what researchers are finding when they put these tools to careful, critical use, says James Goh
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/qualitative-researchers-ai-rejection-based-identity-not-reason
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The worldâs only Gaelic higher education institution is seeking greater independence, buoyed by rising interest in people learning the language.
Patrick Jack
reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/remote-gaelic-language-specialist-faces-critical-period
1 day ago
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Hear about how authenticity and connection supports students in the classroom in our interview with Marissa Edwards, a senior lecturer, researcher and mental health advocate:
https://ow.ly/kLRs50XXmEP
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Campus talks: how to turn vulnerability into a teaching superpower
Authenticity and connection are key to supporting students in the classroom. This means it is important for educators to develop the skills to show up as their whole selves but also understand how to protect their boundaries
https://ow.ly/kLRs50XXmEP
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The way #GenAI surfaces sources for literature reviews risks exacerbating the citation Matthew effect, writes David Joyner. Here, he offers ways to prevent AI-driven search from blunting the impact of new research:
https://ow.ly/gai950XXmvN
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From model collapse to citation collapse: risks of over-reliance on AI in the academy
The way GenAI surfaces sources for literature reviews risks exacerbating the citation Matthew effect, writes David Joyner. Here, he offers ways to prevent AI-driven search from blunting the impact of new research
https://ow.ly/gai950XXmvN
2 days ago
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English universities are still awarding about 40 per cent more first-class degrees than might be expected, according to the sector regulator, with the number of âunexplainedâ top marks almost twice that at some institutions.
Patrick Jack
reports #edusky
https://ow.ly/p8bR50XXk0g
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Rise in firsts at some English providers âunexplainedâ, warns OfS
Regulator says proportion of top marks awarded by institutions still way above what might be expected
https://ow.ly/p8bR50XXk0g
2 days ago
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More than two-thirds of European universities say their PhD students are using artificial intelligence in their research, according to a major survey, which also found that doctoral education leaders see âmore opportunity than challengesâ in the rise of AI tools
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Two-thirds of universities report AI use among doctoral students
Quarter of institutions admit they donât know if PhD candidates are working with AI, while only a small proportion say they are coming up with guidelines on its use
https://ow.ly/opvj50XXcLn
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Just as companies use influencers to amplify the benefits of their products, universities can turn to their most authentic and trusted advocates: their alumni community, write Nicole Chapman and Jessica Boxall:
https://ow.ly/OYTx50XWEAH
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Alumna, alumnus, alumni: how can graduates influence current and future students?
Are universities mobilising one of their most impactful tools to boost student recruitment, improve graduate employability and strengthen the student experience: the alumni community?
https://ow.ly/OYTx50XWEAH
2 days ago
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The rector of the University of St Andrews has accused the institution of flouting âserious legal concernsâ after she was removed from its governing body for the second time in two years
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/st-andrews-rector-denies-power-play-after-second-court-removal
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St Andrews rector denies âpower playâ after second court removal
Stella Maris axed from Scottish university governing body again over claims she failed to follow governance rules
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/st-andrews-rector-denies-power-play-after-second-court-removal
2 days ago
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In the first of a five-part series on outbound student mobility, Lucas Lixinski looks at what care is due to students travelling overseas as part of their studies, and how this can incentivise or deter them from spending time in other countries:
https://ow.ly/KOO550XWEw9
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How can we revive the popularity of exchanges and study trips? Make students feel safe
In the first of a five-part series on outbound student mobility, Lucas Lixinski looks at what care is due to students travelling overseas as part of their studies, and how this can incentivise or deter them from spending time in other countries
https://ow.ly/KOO550XWEw9
2 days ago
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2 days ago
This ought to be a huge national news story. But the quiet dismantling of a key sector barely registers outside HE. Maybe someone will care when the local economies that Unis sustain start to go bust too. Important story from
@patrickjack.bsky.social
&
@timeshighered.bsky.social
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Representatives from five English universities, as well as several further education colleges and business schools, will sit on a new provider panel set up by the Office for Students, it has been announced.
Helen Packer
reports #academicsky
https://ow.ly/TO1P50XWJKY
2 days ago
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Opinion: Across schools and universities, students must be taught how the scientific method reveals workable policy options â not diktats, says Peter Calow #academicsky #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/better-education-can-help-science-deliver-democracy-amid-populism
2 days ago
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Speakersâ bureaux are largely designed to promote celebrity after-dinner entertainers, but they are also being adopted by academic publishers as a way to boost authorsâ long-term profiles. Matthew Reisz asks whether others should be grabbing the microphone #academicsky
https://ow.ly/otc450XWH5K
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2 days ago
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Universities should face tougher penalties in national and international rankings if researchers lose papers due to suspected misconduct, the founder of an influential research integrity watchdog has argued.
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reports #academicsky
https://ow.ly/xFhw50XWLCQ
2 days ago
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Universities in the UK spent more than ÂŁ300 million on severance pay last year, cutting more than 13,000 roles, with experts warning that there is more pain to come.
Patrick Jack
reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-spend-two-thirds-universities-shed-13000-jobs
2 days ago
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Third of students want to ban Reform from speaking on campuses: polling suggests confused picture on free speech, with UK students keen to deplatform controversial politicians but also reject limits on what people can say
https://ow.ly/pqXY50XWKaU
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âEmbedded precarityâ in HE is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour âsaferâ work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report
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Use of fixed-term posts âstifling more critical researchâ
Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing âsaferâ work, with âserious ramificationsâ for their disciplines
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/use-fixed-term-posts-stifling-more-critical-research
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Students on joint or interdisciplinary degrees often struggle to feel they truly belong. Vertical tutoring â a structured, cross-year peer support model â offers a solution:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-vertical-tutoring-builds-community
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How vertical tutoring builds community
Students on joint or interdisciplinary degrees often struggle to feel they truly belong. Vertical tutoring â a structured, cross-year peer support model â offers a solution
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-vertical-tutoring-builds-community
3 days ago
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Company-led projects can boost graduate earnings and strengthen institutional partnerships. Hereâs how to get them off the ground:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-steps-successful-companyled-projects-higher-education
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Five steps to successful company-led projects in higher education
Company-led projects can boost graduate earnings and strengthen institutional partnerships. Hereâs how to get them off the ground
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-steps-successful-companyled-projects-higher-education
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Wajeehah Aayeshah created the online card game Academic Tears to boost empathy for early career academics, and explored a new way of communicating research. Hereâs how she did it:
https://ow.ly/Jloo50XWEt8
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Donât cry for me, academia: gamifying the early career experience
Wajeehah Aayeshah created the online card game Academic Tears to boost empathy for early career academics, and explored a new way of communicating research. Hereâs how she did it
https://ow.ly/Jloo50XWEt8
3 days ago
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Universities will be made to take action on zero-hours contracts and pay gaps after the Scottish government extended its âfair workâ policies to cover the sector
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Improve working conditions to get SFC funding, universities told
Scottish institutions made to address workplace inequalities and zero-hours contracts as condition of receiving grants
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/improve-working-conditions-get-sfc-funding-universities-told
3 days ago
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Successful GenAI-assisted academic writing isnât about pressing a magic âwrite my paperâ button. Rather, itâs about building a smart workflow that uses the right tools for the right tasks, all working together toward your academic goals, writes Aditi Jhaveri:
https://ow.ly/A4MI50XWECq
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Be the conductor of your own GenAI orchestra for academic writing
Instead of using a single GenAI tool to create a one-note research paper, why not tune up an orchestra of machine assistants?
https://ow.ly/A4MI50XWECq
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AI-augmented research can speed up processes such as literature review and data synthesis. Here, Ali Shiri looks at functionality of three AI agents:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyond-search-how-ai-agents-are-redefining-research
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Beyond search: how AI agents are redefining research
AI-augmented research can speed up processes such as literature review and data synthesis. Here, Ali Shiri looks at functionality of three AI agents
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyond-search-how-ai-agents-are-redefining-research
3 days ago
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London Metropolitan University has announced plans to cut more than 100 academic roles, in a move UCU has described as a âreckless assault on inclusive educationâ.
@julietterowsell.bsky.social
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Union brands London Met cuts an âact of institutional vandalismâ
Universityâs plan to cut more than 100 academic roles puts it reputation for inclusive education at risk, fears UCU
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-brands-london-met-cuts-act-institutional-vandalism
3 days ago
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Universities in Scotland are set to benefit from a real-terms funding uplift in the Scottish National Partyâs final budget before voters head to the polls in Holyrood elections.
Helen Packer
reports #academicsky #edusky
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
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Scottish budget promises ÂŁ55 million extra for universities
SNP announces âreal termsâ funding uplift pre-election but universities say extra money not enough to combat financial challenges
https://ow.ly/PRxS50XWySR
3 days ago
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Chinaâs introduction of a standardised admissions exam for international students shows that efforts to build a world-class university system matter more to the country than increasing enrolments, according to experts.
Tash Mosheim
reports #academicsky #edusky
https://ow.ly/Ir5v50XWfas
3 days ago
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Scholars with large followings on TikTok say it is a good way to change misconceptions about what they do.
Patrick Jack
reports
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academics-turn-tiktok-search-new-ways-engaging-public
3 days ago
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Probing by the UK universitiesâ regulator about Chinese students on government scholarships has left vice-chancellors unsettled, with some believing the Office for Students is overstepping its role, reports
Helen Packer
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https://ow.ly/Bki450XWcjQ
3 days ago
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Inclusion worker challenges institutions whose scholarship programmes are not open to all after missing out on place on masterâs #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/rzUo50XW9cy
3 days ago
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Humanities cuts leave us defenceless in the age of AI: It is vital to examine what chatbotsâ behaviour reveals about their underlying structures â and human responses to them, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
https://ow.ly/CzyN50XW59Z
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A framework for building robust partnerships that embed real-world experience into the #curriculum, moving from single-course innovation to full programme transformation:
https://ow.ly/OuTB50XVFq8
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Three steps to sustainable university-industry-government alliances
A framework for building robust partnerships that embed real-world experience into the curriculum, moving from single-course innovation to full programme transformation
https://ow.ly/OuTB50XVFq8
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Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for security clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/YCqV50XVAUT
4 days ago
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As universities expand transnational education, connectivity and access remain key challenges. Reflecting on the experiences of #TNE students and staff can help courses stay relevant and inclusive, say Tabetha Newman and Elizabeth Newall:
https://ow.ly/nW7150XSkC5
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Digital assumptions versus global realities in transnational education
Connectivity and access remain key challenges as universities in the Global North extend provision beyond their borders. Reflective questions about the experience of TNE students and staff can help ensure courses remain relevant and inclusive
https://ow.ly/nW7150XSkC5
4 days ago
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Chris Havergal
4 days ago
Unseen efforts to combat academic fraud are intercepting about 1,000 submissions from paper mills every month, publishers say
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/unseen-...
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âUnseenâ efforts to catch paper mill outputs bear fruit
Little-noticed joint efforts by publishers to catch fake papers are delivering results but further âscalingâ is needed, says report
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/unseen-efforts-catch-paper-mill-outputs-bear-fruit
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âI suspect some would-be [university] presidents are going to sit on the sidelines until after the next election. The current climate favours peopleâŠwho have track records, who are not out to make a name for themselves.â
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âShrinking talent poolâ for leadership vacancies amid US turmoil
Institutions looking to conclude long-running searches for new presidents likely to favour candidates who can stay out of the limelight, experts predict
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/shrinking-talent-pool-leadership-vacancies-amid-us-turmoil
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Chris Havergal
4 days ago
Lengthy delays faced by international researchers seeking security clearance to work in UK highlighted by
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after Syrian academic stopped from seeing dying father by bureaucratic hold-ups
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âSerious failingsâ in UK security checks on researchers
Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/serious-failings-uk-security-checks-researchers
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4 days ago
Parents
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whose children died by suicide at university are taking fight back to Westminster, claiming more students are dying because of politiciansâ refusal to impose âduty of careâ on institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/how-man...
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Why developmental editing is essential to strong academic writing, and how strengthening a manuscriptâs argument, evidence, structure and style can make all the difference:
https://ow.ly/uaxL50XVFka
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What is developmental editing, and why does your scholarly manuscript need it?
Academics might find it hard to see the flaws in their work, but to be a writer is to be edited â embrace it. Laura Portwood-Stacer outlines the importance of developmental editing
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-developmental-editing-and-why-does-your-scholarly-manuscript-need-it#HigherEd
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Simple habits can transform studentsâ silence and hesitation into conversation and curiosity, making the university classroom a dynamic space for learning and growth:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-teachers-become-students-growth-partners-learning
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How teachers become studentsâ growth partners in learning
Simple habits can transform studentsâ silence and hesitation into conversation and curiosity, making the university classroom a dynamic space for learning and growth
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-teachers-become-students-growth-partners-learning
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Unseen efforts to combat academic fraud are intercepting about 1,000 submissions from paper mills every month as publishers move towards more âupstreamâ detection of research integrity breaches, says a new report.
@jgro-the.bsky.social
writes #academicsky
https://ow.ly/kQyC50XVXmQ
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âUnseenâ efforts to catch paper mill outputs bear fruit
Little-noticed joint efforts by publishers to catch fake papers are delivering results but further âscalingâ is needed, says report
https://ow.ly/kQyC50XVXmQ
4 days ago
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Opinion: Our recent cancer biology symposium illustrates the contribution that students outside the scientific mainstream could make if given the chance, says IvĂĄn Moya #edusky #academicsky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/exposure-not-ability-divides-global-scientific-community
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Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for security clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/YCqV50XVAUT
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