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29 January

Eastwood: ‘lack of generosity in the sector doesn’t speak well’

By John Morgan

28 January

VU Amsterdam row ‘shows need for clear policies’ on China ties

28 January

Australian universities’ broken Covid promises won’t be forgotten

Two years of low-quality online provision has left one stranded international student homeless, unemployed and heartbroken

29 January

Drawing lots with matches illustrating an opinion about hiring-by-lottery for academic positions

Lotteries are the fairest route to prejudice-free hiring

28 January

Death of academic journal greatly exaggerated, says ERC president

27 January

Asian universities are neglecting to take food security seriously

Even institutions that are engaging with the SDGs as a whole are ignoring their responsibilities to promote sustainable agriculture, argue Wayne Nelles and Supawan Visetnoi

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Eight essential tips for remote interdisciplinary teamwork

By Rocío Elizabeth Cortez Márquez

Florida partisanship threatens presidential searches

28 January

US Hispanics rising through higher education

27 January

Professional sanctions are perfectly compatible with academic freedom

By Daniel Carpenter

27 January

Michigan expects tough recovery from sexual misconduct cases

26 January

VU Amsterdam row ‘shows need for clear policies’ on China ties

28 January

Eastwood: ‘lack of generosity in the sector doesn’t speak well’

By John Morgan

28 January

Ten-day strike at UK universities next month on pay and pensions

27 January

European recruitment down 90 per cent at some UK universities

By Simon Baker

27 January

Heightened focus on education after Kazakhstan’s deadly protests

29 January

Asian universities are neglecting to take food security seriously

By Wayne Nelles

27 January

Chinese universities embrace teaching professorships, with doubts

By Jing Liu

25 January

Yong Hoon Lee: revamping science and technology education

By Ellie Bothwell

25 January

Australian universities’ broken Covid promises won’t be forgotten

29 January

International students reprieved from Perth lockout

By John Ross

27 January

Pour billions into new research translation fund, Australia told

26 January

Perth campuses fret as reopening of border to students delayed

21 January

News

Heightened focus on education after Kazakhstan’s deadly protests

Academics urge policymakers to tackle ‘root issues’ including corruption, unemployment and quality education

29 January

Protest against university fees to illustrate David Eastwood who said ‘I have never met anybody who cares more about HE than I do’

Eastwood: ‘lack of generosity in the sector doesn’t speak well’

English sector needs a major review ‘more ambitious than Dearing’, says ex-Birmingham v-c at end of long career in sector leadership

By John Morgan

28 January

VU Amsterdam row ‘shows need for clear policies’ on China ties

Experts back ‘cautious approach’ for universities but stress importance of continuing collaboration

28 January

Florida partisanship threatens presidential searches

28 January

Ten-day strike at UK universities next month on pay and pensions

27 January

US Hispanics rising through higher education

27 January

Death of academic journal greatly exaggerated, says ERC president

By Jack Grove

27 January

European recruitment down 90 per cent at some UK universities

By Simon Baker

27 January

International students reprieved from Perth lockout

By John Ross

27 January

Michigan expects tough recovery from sexual misconduct cases

26 January

Union offers to swap time-limited cost hike for new USS valuation

26 January

Biden crackdown targets for-profit colleges

26 January

Cash is king as UK universities shore up finances

Financial accounts for 2020-21 suggest tension may now grow between saving money and investing in staff and facilities

24 January

Male professor rescued with women and people of colour left to drown

Harassment and discrimination are still rife within universities

A recent survey confirms that higher education continues to offer a safe environment for a certain kind of abuser: the successful professor who brings in large grants, say Nanna Haug Hilton and Susanne Täuber

What can be done to improve research integrity?

As the pandemic increases public scrutiny of science, the UK Parliament is holding another inquiry into the long-running issue of reproducibility. Five of its contributors give their views on how sloppy science can be eliminated and trust be more firmly rooted

Opinion

Australian universities’ broken Covid promises won’t be forgotten

Two years of low-quality online provision has left one stranded international student homeless, unemployed and heartbroken

29 January

Lotteries are the fairest route to prejudice-free hiring

Random selection from a gender-equal shortlist of qualified candidates would remove the effects of implicit bias, says Nathan Burke

Academics’ inability to speak with human beings is harming their careers

Many academics see external engagement as a chore. Others are just unable to appreciate industry perspectives. Both are stifling the contribution of universities

Professional sanctions are perfectly compatible with academic freedom

By Daniel Carpenter

27 January

Higher education must stop covering up misconduct

By Julie Macfarlane

26 January

Technology is destroying not only humanities but thinking itself

By P. Kishore Saval

25 January

Why interdisciplinarity is just like a fantasy role-playing game

By Lorena Quilantán García

25 January

World policy

European flags outside the the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France

The EU’s university strategy is a good start – but more is needed

Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski

Editor's pick

Christ Church’s internecine war is a huge failure of governance

The Oxford college’s vast expenditure of charitable funds to try to dislodge its own dean could have serious repercussions, says Alan Rusbridger

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Liberty on a leash

Universities are autonomous in principle but their financial reliance on the state means conflict is inevitable – and suppression is a very real threat

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Talking leadership

By Ellie Bothwell

Yong Hoon Lee: revamping science and technology education

The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline

25 January

Meric Gertler: building global links

The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades

By Rosa Ellis

18 January

Anthony Finkelstein: moving between government and academia

The City president discusses his personal ties to the institution, the opportunities and threats universities pose to national security, and self-indulgence in higher education

By Rosa Ellis

11 January

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