Talking leadership: 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
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‘Deeper malaise’ threatens future of pan-Asian university
Financial shortfalls follow student hunger strikes and faculty suspensions and ‘bode ill’ for long-term future of South Asian University
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Government will pilfer international levy proceeds, critics warn
Criticism of Australia’s ‘tax’ on international students escalates amid signs that it may be a done deal
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Scholars ‘stumble through’ as British Library tools stay offline
Loss of access to EThOS archive of 600,000 doctoral dissertations causes major disruption for PhD students
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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
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Experts doubtful as China launches new open access push
While new database signals ‘ongoing endeavour’, dominance of existing subscription database unlikely to be challenged any time soon
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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
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Seamlessness and vision required to commercialise research
Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president
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Our programmatic approach could earn education research a gold star
Too often, studies are atomistic and avoid the more complex, large-scale questions that vex politicians and system leaders, says Andrew Noyes
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Israel’s Gaza border college on ‘healing mission’ after attacks
After killings of dozens of students, faculty and staff, and with 1,000 still displaced, Sapir College looks to rebuild and renew
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Academic freedom under pressure as India tackles Gaza debate
Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars
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Language barrier holds back international academics in Germany
Xenophobia and complex career paths also dissuade researchers from pursuing professorships, study finds
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Mass resignations from diamond journal over £2,500 author fees
Row at Journal of International Students spotlights challenges faced by periodicals that are free to publish in and read, and rely on volunteer labour
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Australia has things to teach the UK about spin-out success
The government-sponsored review makes important recommendations, but the US is not the only source of good ideas for boosting impact, says Max Lu
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Aberdeen set to close language degrees as recruitment nosedives
Union pledges to fight ‘academic vandalism’ being consulted on by Scottish university