Ben Upton served?Times Higher Education as its?Europe reporter between November?2021 and October 2023. He previously covered European research policy for Research Professional News.?Before graduating from?City,?University of London¡¯s journalism school in 2017, he worked in?academic publishing?and taught at a private university in Wuhan, China.
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Articles by Ben Upton
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Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators at the heart of the sector¡¯s biggest debates
Castaway from EU programme must paddle harder to keep up and remain an enticing partner for the future, says university leader
Dirk Brockmann, branded a ¡®lockdown maker¡¯ by Bild, says scientists must make clear the uncertainty in their advice
Reforms will seek to overcome barriers to collaboration between universities within bloc
Commission haste in Horizon lump sum rollout could pour cold water on innovative consortia, groups warn
Almost one in five English-medium degrees now taught outside Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and US
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EHEA institutions and existing, unrelated partnerships are eligible for the latest round of the European Universities Initiative
Elisabeth Bik wins John Maddox Prize for exposing image and data manipulation in published scientific papers
¡®Traffic light¡¯ coalition brings festive joy with ¡®very specific and detailed¡¯ promises to sector that felt neglected by last administration
Government promises stopgap funding for first wave of successful UK-based applicants, as European Commission keeps schtum on full association
Campuses&²Ô²ú²õ±è;¡®²ú³Ü°ù²õ³Ù¾±²Ô²µ at the seams¡¯, says Amsterdam president, urging government help
Rectors¡¯ conference concerned that Berlin postdoc law could set ¡®blueprint¡¯ for unfunded attempts to tackle precarity
Rector Shalini Randeria wants displaced institution to broaden appeal at home in Vienna and for international student cohort
Maria Leptin says that if improving success rates means expanding the funder¡¯s budget, voters could play an important role
Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions¡¯ commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out
Open letter from groups representing more than 1,000 universities calls for association to be completed ¡®as soon as possible¡¯
