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Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

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[ad_1] Tensions over university funding in Brazil have been simmering for a while. In January, a Lula administration official visited the University of Brasília and was met by protesters asking for better pay.Credit: Leandro Chemalle/Thenews2/Zuma via Alamy Academic workers, including many professors, are now on strike at more than 60 federal universities across Brazil. Having … Read more

UK universities urged to share information on harassers

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[ad_1] Organizations around the world are starting to share information on past cases of sexual harassment, but academic institutions have yet to embrace the practice.Credit: Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Because most universities keep the findings of misconduct investigations confidential, sexual-harassment perpetrators are often able to move to other institutions without having to disclose why they … Read more