King’s v-c: English sector regulation ‘may dampen creativity’
Ed Byrne warns Office for Students could be creating a model where university leaders have less freedom
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We are unionist but we won’t be striking this time
Striking again would rob students of vital lecture time and damage the progress we’ve made through bargaining, says one anonymous UCU member
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A health emergency is no time to sideline the medical humanities
Even as medics scramble to address the coronavirus, research into its social and political entanglements is vital, says Robert Peckham
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Coronavirus: what students want most is clarity, says v-c
Australian university cancels term for up to 10,000 students, saying its timetable will allow them to graduate without delay
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Free up teaching grants, Australian government told
Mission group calls for flexibility to use funding to support lifelong learning
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Paying external mentors is the next wave of rankings gaming
Many emerging higher education systems in Asia are paying external faculty members to collaborate on scholarship when they should be investing in staff development, write Bruce Savre, Laurene Chua-...
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Campaigners fear growing donor influence on US campuses
University fundraising income continues to grow, but comes from shrinking group of wealthy benefactors
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The risks of not sharing data are greater than the costs
Large investments are needed to make research data open and accessible but tackling global problems depends on it, says Paul Ayris
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Chinese researchers increasingly critical of coronavirus response
Professors on the mainland and overseas defying government guidelines as outbreak spreads
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US hails success of Lieber arrest in chilling China ties
Harvard case was meant to get academia’s attention, and did, prosecutors proclaim
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Angry protests belie moderation of US campus Republicans
While xenophobes get headlines, conservative students show political flexibility
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Funder may not announce 2021 grant awards before 2022 deadline
Australian researchers fear wasting weeks writing potentially pointless applications
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Mass resignations at Wiley journal over academic independence
Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about ‘who owns’ scholarly journals
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It’s time for a national lifelong learning strategy in the UK
With business backing for education declining, the government must invest to ensure that universities can offer a lifetime of learning opportunities, says Jonathan Michie
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THE podcast: data special – in 2020 has HE recovered from the financial crash?
THE data editor Simon Baker on the biggest data stories in HE so far this year