Brain drain takes worst academics as well as the best, study says
Analysis of Italian PhD graduates finds that the ‘milk’ as well as the ‘cream’ leave
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Don’t blame millennials for your entitlement problem
Educators accusing students of not working hard enough is simply a shirking of their responsibility to actually meet learners’ needs, says Katherine Gould
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Australian National University ‘to cap international enrolments’
Vice-chancellor of Canberra institution says it is “about as big as it can be”
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Free trade talks put Australia at front of Horizon Europe queue
Negotiations set to boost access to €100 billion research and innovation scheme, scholar says
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Ousted US academic to leave China, citing fears for his safety
Peking University HSBC Business School declines to renew outspoken researcher’s contract
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Doctoral graduates ‘need five years of post-PhD career support’
Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says
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Edinburgh requests retraction of papers by sacked cell biologist
Investigation into Irina Stancheva confirms five cases of misconduct, but former lecturer denies manipulating data
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Suffragette heritage inspires ‘First Baby’ lullaby competition
New Zealand university library vault delivers blast from the past as history and politics come full circle
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Fiscal illusions, HE funding and the politics of the deficit
The accounting magic the UK government performs to handle outstanding student loans has once again been questioned, but the timing couldn’t be worse for universities, says Andy Westwood
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Using Twitter to measure research impact ‘needs quality control’
Large-scale study raises questions about the usefulness of altmetrics for assessing research quality
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US universities get creative at moneymaking as enrolment falters
Small colleges are renting out dormitory rooms, licensing coffins and selling their own ketchup
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Online university trades student credits in high-debt era
University of the People strikes deals to allow its students to progress to leading institutions, but increasing proportion of recruits have dropped out elsewhere
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Finland is not the happiest place on earth for an academic
Don’t believe the hype; Finnish universities face just as many problems with professional mismanagement and staff morale as those in other countries, says Gareth Rice
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Glasgow School of Art aims for normality in extraordinary times
Director Tom Inns explains how the institution is coping after fire gutted its iconic Mackintosh building