Indian PhD maternity edict ‘welcome’ but barriers to women remain University Grants Commission says doctoral students on fellowships should get eight months’ maternity leave By Pola Lem 11 January
Deficit-hit Goldsmiths ‘at sharp end of financialisation of HE’ Covid and public funding cuts hit London arts institution, while union also criticises new bank covenants By John Morgan 11 January
Times Higher Education acquires Inside Higher Ed Leading providers of university insights and data will reach combined audience of more than 50 million annually By THE reporters 10 January
Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants By Jack Grove 10 January
Outcry as Taliban arrests outspoken Afghan professor Detention of Faizullah Jalal sparks protest in defence of legal scholar who publicly denounced the ruling regime By Pola Lem 10 January
Swiss and UK grantees left waiting as ERC announces awards Success rate for prestigious starter grants drops below 10 per cent By Ben Upton 10 January
Islamophobia row puts French campuses in crossfire as poll looms Sciences Po Grenoble director calls for ‘calm and rationality’ after suspension of Klaus Kinzler leads to loss of regional funding By Ben Upton 10 January
US campuses chafing under Covid restrictions Once a conservative rallying cry, calls to ease protections spread in academia as fast-moving Omicron variant appears less threatening By Paul Basken 10 January
UK’s lead on international mobility in Europe ‘shrinking’ Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent By Simon Baker 10 January
Sacked lecturer who university refused to reinstate awarded £100K Union accuses Huddersfield of ‘cold and calculated’ decision not to give Jonathan Duxbury his old job back By Chris Havergal 7 January
‘Stupid’ squabble over Paris name ‘sets France back 15 years’ Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who’s who among republic’s reassembled universities By Ben Upton 7 January
Safeguards on laboratory-modified viruses ‘inadequate’ Experts warn of dangerous abandonment of long-standing ethical limits in pursuits of human vaccines and wildlife management By Paul Basken 7 January
Transgender disputes threaten to split university unions Gender critical theory and harassment move up agenda as major battles over pay and pensions loom By Jack Grove 6 January
UK ‘missing out on talent’ as eastern European enrolment plummets Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa By Simon Baker 6 January
Hepi: ‘first-generation student’ tag unhelpful for admissions Appealing narrative attached to ‘first-in-family’ students may obscure the actual extent of their social disadvantage, says researcher By Jack Grove 6 January
New network takes aim at natural disasters and workforce needs While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, Australia’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack By John Ross 6 January
Kent Fuchs to step down as University of Florida president President to leave amid political interference by Republican governor, after strong record of student, faculty and research growth since 2015 By Paul Basken 6 January
New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas By Chris Havergal 5 January
US to unify grant application disclosures after Lieber conviction Biden administration promises simplification long sought by research universities By Paul Basken 5 January
Bespoke robot-written exams to curb student cheating Creating unique datasets for online exams preferable to ‘naive’ honour codes or faulty online surveillance, experts say By Jack Grove 5 January
Hong Kong students’ union faces ‘shackled’ role on campus Staff and students voice concern over CUHK’s condition that union can be reinstated only if it pledges not to break law By Pola Lem 5 January
Macron’s pan-European academy ‘welcome but needs work’ French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity By Ben Upton 5 January
US judge sides with Florida professors in voting rights case In free speech battle, court agrees that university and conservative governor still pose a threat to basic faculty rights By Paul Basken 4 January
Melbourne fights order to reveal its landholdings Australia’s wealthiest university locks horns with one of its own academics, who says ‘the public has a right to know’ By John Ross 4 January
Tackle precarity or lose ‘sense of community’, says v-c Cara Aitchison says UK universities should prioritise concerns like precarity, gender pay gap and ‘compassion for deep tired’ staff By Simon Baker 4 January
Female and minority researchers ‘focus on less popular topics’ Unequal distribution may explain ‘inequality in scholarly outcomes’ and lead to some areas becoming ‘systematically understudied’ By Chris Havergal 3 January
Frost’s departure offers hope of thaw in Horizon Europe impasse But experts warn there is little hope of progress while relations remain in ‘freezer’ By Ben Upton 3 January
Professor takes on China’s biggest academic database – and wins World’s biggest digital library of Chinese journals under pressure over copyright infringement By Jing Liu 2 January
New Year Honours 2022: damehoods for pioneering female leaders Julie Lydon and Sarah Springman recognised alongside vice-chancellors, UUK chief executive and former UCU leader By Pola Lem 31 December
Mediterranean take on the metaverse scores first with master’s Cypriot university to launch degree focusing on Zuckerberg-backed virtual worlds By Andrea Busfield 31 December
Times Higher Education’s most-read articles of 2021 Reopening of international study opportunities looms large as Covid-19 continues to dominate news agenda By Chris Havergal 30 December
Laurentian battle suggests fight for Canada’s rural higher education Ontario parliament demands documents over university’s unprecedented bankruptcy, though analysis may turn to realities of bankrolling remote communities By Paul Basken 30 December
Afghan Chevening alumni included in UK relocation scheme Government move brings meaning to the motto ‘Scholars for a Year, Cheveners for Life’, says advocate By Pola Lem 29 December
