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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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...
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The UCU’s failure on working conditions is not all down to Jo Grady
The general secretary’s visibility makes her a natural target for discontent, but many of the blunders arose from committee decisions, says Dyfrig Jones
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US tech billionaire unveils University of Oxford scholars scheme
Researchers will work with faculty co-led by Sir Tony Blair at huge new multidisciplinary institute funded by Oracle software magnate Larry Ellison
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MP: cut university entry and ‘divert’ cash to apprenticeships
Tory conference hears much talk of apprenticeships, with education secretary on mission to ‘change every middle-class mind in country’
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Is Substack a brave new world for academic publishing?
Platform offers scholars a way of building a profile and livelihood away from universities, but what makes a successful Substacker, and is there really room for everyone?
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Hiccups plague Universities Accord ‘priority’ measures
With deadlines rushed and then missed, even the straightforward work of Australia’s major higher education review is looking anything but
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Covid ‘reality check’ raises questions over Adelaide merger
As a parliamentary committee inquires into a proposed merger of two universities, institutional accounts suggest they coasted through the last big scare
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UK research council success rates fall as budgets tighten
Drop in success rates for competitive research funding at many UKRI councils highlighted by Innovate UK’s improved hit rate
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Former women-only college ‘pays female professors less than men’
Vassar College faces lawsuit brought by current and former faculty members as gender pay gap across US higher education widens
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Yascha Mounk: Identity-focused campus culture is new threat to democracy
Barack Obama’s favourite political thinker Yascha Mounk has made his career attacking right-wing populism. His latest target – identity politics fostered on US campuses – will surprise many of his...
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Universities at risk of ‘managed decline’, UEA v-c warns Halfon
Higher education minister given direct warning at UUK conference, where Labour pledges to create ‘more sustainable system’
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Laura Favaro: gender studies ‘groupthink is forcing scholars out’
Researcher who revealed censorship of gender critical feminists says no-debate policies on transgender issues are causing ‘scholarly paralysis’
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High hopes, low expectations for National Research Foundation
By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in...
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No room for ‘complacency’, say Australian reviewers
Canberra agrees to funding guarantee, governance reform, ditching of ‘fail rule’ and uncapped funding for all indigenous students, as it mulls ‘wider change’