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5 December

In Ivonne del Valle protests at Berkeley, a craving for truths

5 December

University expertise paramount as world faces ‘scary transition’

5 December

Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible

My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad

By Sheren Saad

5 December

UK to review post-study work visa in drive to cut immigration

4 December

Scholars ‘stumble through’ as British Library tools stay offline

4 December

Campuses lag in researching sustainable cities and communities

Data shows that universities globally are underperforming in research towards SDG 11, although Oceania is ahead of others

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Let’s prioritise self-care for the benefit of everyone

By Karina Dancza

Harvard accused of pushing out scholar to please Facebook founder

5 December

US reliance on lottery funding raises university concerns

5 December

In Ivonne del Valle protests at Berkeley, a craving for truths

5 December

Mass resignations from diamond journal over £2,500 author fees

By Jack Grove

1 December

Offer students incentives to study in-demand skills, says report

5 December

Professor to sue Cambridge over ‘forced retirement’ rules

5 December

UK to review post-study work visa in drive to cut immigration

By Patrick Jack

4 December

Gaza university president killed in Israeli air strike

By Chris Havergal

4 December

Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible

By Sheren Saad

5 December

‘Deeper malaise’ threatens future of pan-Asian university

By Pola Lem

4 December

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

4 December

Experts doubtful as China launches new open access push

By Jing Liu

3 December

University expertise paramount as world faces ‘scary transition’

5 December

Tally of ‘underpaid’ Australian university staff nears 100,000

5 December

Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn

4 December

Seamlessness and vision required to commercialise research

2 December

News

Professor to sue Cambridge over ‘forced retirement’ rules

Institution faces first legal test of its EJRA policy as it grapples with fallout from Oxford tribunal

5 December

Protestors are escorted off the field by police after preventing the start of the Southern California vs. California NCAA college football game to illustrate Craving for truth in del Valle protests

In Ivonne del Valle protests at Berkeley, a craving for truths

Long series of demonstrations aims to resurrect troubled lecturer, largely because students value her bigger understandings

5 December

Brian Schmidt at the World Academic Summit

University expertise paramount as world faces ‘scary transition’

Academy and fifth estate must team up, Nobel laureate says, as 3.2 billion people prepare to vote in a reality-free zone

5 December

Harvard accused of pushing out scholar to please Facebook founder

5 December

Tally of ‘underpaid’ Australian university staff nears 100,000

5 December

Offer students incentives to study in-demand skills, says report

5 December

US reliance on lottery funding raises university concerns

5 December

UK to review post-study work visa in drive to cut immigration

By Patrick Jack

4 December

Scholars ‘stumble through’ as British Library tools stay offline

By Jack Grove

4 December

Gaza university president killed in Israeli air strike

By Chris Havergal

4 December

Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn

4 December

‘Deeper malaise’ threatens future of pan-Asian university

By Pola Lem

4 December

Can troubleshooter vice-chancellors turn universities around?

With UK sector in increasing dire financial straits, universities are turning to experienced hands to steady the ship, but is short-termism really what institutions need?

29 November

Montage: people dance about on what looks like the CPU of a computer, in the middle of which is a square protuberance with the letters AI on the top

After a year of ChatGPT, is academia getting to grips with generative AI?

Students love it but faculty typically hate it. Both are asking for help with it. But how close are institutions to devising AI policies that protect both academic integrity and student employability? New York University Abu Dhabi vice-chancellor Mariët Westermann offers her reflections

In a wrestling ring filled with books, one man lies prone and is being counted out while his masked opponent prowls

Will a new president end Mexico’s stand-off over university policy?

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has expanded university access but is accused of ideological attacks on institutions, overly zealous corruption clampdowns and a misguided power grab over research policy. Ahead of next year’s election, Tom Williams assesses the mood in Mexico City

Opinion

By Sheren Saad

Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible

My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad

5 December

A crashed F-16 in Afghanistan, symbolising Afghan academics' declining optimism

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

As academics are replaced by religious scholars, those that remain fear the worst, while student interest is plummeting, says an Afghan observer

Planet earth painted around a human eye, illustrating international vision

Universities’ social contract can’t be limited by nation or even hemisphere

Equal collaboration demands investment from the Global North in key research infrastructures in the Global South, say ’Funmi Olonisakin and Jan Palmowski

Our programmatic approach could earn education research a gold star

By Andrew Noyes

2 December

Australia has things to teach the UK about spin-out success

By Max Lu

1 December

Lamenting the failings of business schools isn’t enough. We need to act

By Carl Rhodes

30 November

Speaking out on the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t mean taking sides

By Harvey J. Graff

29 November

World policy

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

As academics are replaced by religious scholars, those that remain fear the worst, while student interest is plummeting, says an Afghan observer

Editor's pick

We can’t stop the ‘rip-off degrees’ debate – but we can change its terms

Singling out particular disciplines makes no sense, but we need cross-subject standards that are recognisable to employers, says Ian Pace

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International arrivals at Gatwick Airport to illustrate UK ‘becoming less attractive to researchers’, visa data suggest

ONS revises net migration up to new high and weighs graduate visas

Revised visa figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, fuelled by an increase in students from outside the EU

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Talking leadership

By Tiya Thomas-Alexander

Julie Sanders on making the vice-chancellor job ‘less lonely’

Royal Holloway head discusses decentralising university leadership and tapping into the creative industry in Surrey

4 December

Ahmad Dallal on encouraging career changes

The American University in Cairo’s first Arab leader on helping people reskill, serving the community and taking on the ‘necessary evil’ of administration

By Patrick Jack

10 November

Michel Mawad, president of Lebanese American University

Michel Mawad on riding out the storm in Lebanon

Michel Mawad fights to keep the lights on at Lebanese American University and its teaching hospitals, and to keep staff while supporting students amid economic and political crisis. But he’s not giving up

By Pola Lem

2 November

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