Indian higher education is withering on the vine
Actions by the current government suggest official discomfort with the basic purpose of public universities, says Jayati Ghosh
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Canadian students ‘charmed’ by Harlow campus
Overseas campus in Essex new town has marked 50th anniversary – and may be about to try some local recruitment
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How to tackle academic misconduct among China’s top scientists
Preventing unethical behaviour requires regulatory and institutional reforms, as well as lead researchers remaining close to work done in their name, says Futao Huang
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Legal defeats trigger fresh look at US sexual misconduct rules
Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink
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Engineers will be crucial to AI-driven economies
Just as the AI revolution calls for more computer scientists, engineers will be needed to develop next-generation AI hardware, says Bashir M. Al-Hashimi
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Deadlock between Indian government and students after protests
Education ministry says it will not bend to demands to remove university head, after dozens were injured in attacks
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Australian bushfires spotlight campuses’ sanctuary roles
Disaster entrenches universities’ function as community safe spaces
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Academics frustrated by delays in releasing research data
Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information
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Israel makes English language study compulsory
Country hopes move will improve skills of local students and attract more overseas learners
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An MIT of the North? We’ve heard this before
How will renewed calls for a science and innovation hub in the north of England be any different from similar attempts that have failed in the past? asks G. R. Evans
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Academics and the HE sector must continue to make the case for Erasmus+
Life-changing experiences will be beyond the grasp of too many students if the UK doesn’t negotiate a post-Brexit place in the EU’s student mobility scheme, says Tanja Bueltmann
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Fears for future of private university after recruitment ‘pause’
Situation at Richmond raises questions about English sector regulation
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Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, by Philip Goff
Book of the week: Jane O’Grady is impressed but not wholly convinced by an attempt to solve one of the most celebrated philosophical challenges
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A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region after the Uprisings, by Marina and David Ottaway
Madawi Al-Rasheed questions certain aspects of a survey of the events that convulsed the Arab world in 2011
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Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East, edited by Danyel Reiche and Tamir Sorek
Lincoln Allison enjoys a mixed bag of contributions about the wider contexts of sport