The heavy lifting is done, but Sam Gyimah still has bridges to build
The UK’s new higher education minister needs to move beyond recent spats to prioritise science, funding and mitigating Brexit, says David Bell
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Australia’s cuts are not a lobbying failure
The government’s unilateral move to rein in costs is the inevitable result of a volatile and emotive political climate, says Warren Bebbington
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Russian students will not be manning the anti-Putin barricades
Presidential elections are looming, but government pressure on universities should ensure that students pose no threat to the ruling regime, says Ararat Osipian
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Books interview: Josephine Quinn
The historian and author of In Search of the Phoenicians on reading the Bible under the blankets, DIY Latin lessons and the keys to unlocking the ancient world
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Hundreds of hate speakers allowed on campuses, claims ex-OIA head
Baroness Deech tells parliamentary committee that UK universities are ‘complicit’ in censoring lawful speech while giving hate preachers access to students
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The joys of academic moonlighting
Matthew Reisz meets the scholars for whom one discipline is not enough
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£1.1 million for new centre tackling decline of technicians
Initiative is part of bid to tackle impending shortage of 700,000 university technicians expected in UK by 2020
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Australian graduates increasingly settle for part-time jobs
Almost two-fifths of employed university leavers were working part-time in 2017
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Chilean university closure leaves students in lurch
Ibero-American University of Science and Technology closed after an investigation found the institution to have debts of about 4 billion pesos
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Luxembourg increases higher education funding by 25 per cent
More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg
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Arrest fears blamed as Hong Kong student elections uncontested
Hotbed of student protest may struggle in future because of lack of interest in committee roles
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Johns Hopkins’ philosophy department receives $75 million gift
Donation from investor Bill Miller will create new professorships and provide student support
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UCL to launch open-access megajournal
London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals
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Anger over pay spikes for departing vice-chancellors
Union takes aim at ‘out of touch’ leaders after accounts show outgoing Kent head got £45,000 uplift in final year
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Germany fears university growth threatens apprentice tradition
Companies blame a ‘social shift’ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom