Australia accepts qualifications framework recommendations
Sleepless summer beckons for policy wonks, as Canberra endorses another major review
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Gary Younge seeks to say ‘bigger things’ with switch to academia
Guardian editor-at-large turned Manchester sociology professor discusses how UK universities are in an ‘analogous crisis’ to journalism on race
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China’s 2035 modernisation plan needs to instil cultural change
The plan promises big leaps in innovation, quality assurance and lecturer training, say Youmin Xi and Xiaojun Zhang
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Success wired in: the stories behind the THE Awards 2019 winners
Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis
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Japan student poll ‘could be used to blame universities’ on English language issue
Professor warns over possible fallout from Japan’s education ministry polling 400,000 third-year students at 500 universities
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Eastern Europe draws ‘dart-throw’ academics from overseas
Study finds that overseas scholars in former communist countries work there not out of deliberate choice but often due to ‘happenstance’, love or to escape poor job prospects at home
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There’s still work to be done to tackle racial harassment in universities
Universities must work to facilitate discussions about racist experiences if they are to be reported and resolved effectively, argues Jason Arday
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Gender quotas and equality plans won’t work without a culture change
Susanne Täuber warns that mandatory gender diversity measures will be no more successful in the corporate world than they have been in academia unless genuine organisational transformation is achieved
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Minority college vote in US ‘could cause further policy paralysis’
Senate passing of bill on funding for minority colleges adds requirement on sharing tax data
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THE to host forum focused on Indian universities
Event will debate topics such as internationalisation, innovation and rankings
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Oh, the humanity: rise of robots ‘to force about-turn in academy’
Malaysian historian spies signs that liberal arts’ 200-year ebb may be ending as unpredictability of employment puts paid to utilitarian education
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Nine out of 10 academics in Arab world ‘want to emigrate’
Survey respondents cite concern over lack of funding, difficulty of international travel and bureaucracy
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US universities try barring problematic professors from classroom
Blocked from firing hostile professors, institutions restrict their teaching rights
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Two plus two could equal five for further education
Offering two-year programmes at FE colleges as part of four-year degrees could redress the UK’s spending bias in favour of HE, says Geoff Mason
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The New Slave Narrative: The Battle over Representations of Contemporary Slavery, by Laura T. Murphy
Bryan Cheyette considers an intriguing account of the stories we tell ourselves about slavery