Who can resist the pleasure of Schadenfreude?
Academic disputes can be acrimonious and unedifying, but victory is always sweet, says Shahidha Bari
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Universities must be places of intellectual discomfort
If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber
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‘LinkedIn degrees’ from global providers ‘could leave UK behind’
Open University vice-chancellor claims that courses curated by technology giants might be more attractive than Russell Group’s offerings
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What next for Zimbabwe’s ‘tainted’ higher education system?
Agnieszka Piotrowska looks at the past, present and possible future of Zimbabwe’s universities, following the resignation of Robert Mugabe
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Overseas student enrolment in Canada rises by 11 per cent
Universities Canada says country is ‘known worldwide as a nation that values diversity and inclusion’
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Oxford v-c: ‘educational divide’ threatens democracy in UK and US
Louise Richardson says universities must be fair in admissions and focus on inequality in response to populism
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Open access publishing platform launched for African scientists
AAS Open Research offers immediate online publication and transparent, post-publication peer review
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Why teaching in English may not be such a good idea
Research suggests that students learn better in their native tongue, and English fails to prepare international students for a job after graduation, says Michele Gazzola
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Shared identity: universities and their towns are mutually reliant
Ahead of the UK City of Culture 2021 being named next month, Craig Mahoney looks at how winning the title can revitalise towns and their universities
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Turkey’s rival scientific academies vie for legitimacy
Pushed to break away from the established Turkish academy by increasing government control, Bilim Akademisi has now been accepted into the European fold
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Rise of the research-bots: AI software that writes your papers for you
Critics warn new 'Manuscript Writer' program may be too good to be true, since automated content could run the risk of plagiarism
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US and Japan poles apart on their view of graduate ability
Latest Global University Employability Survey revealed the contrasting opinion of US and Japanese firms towards their higher education systems
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USS pension changes would be a disaster for universities, but they are preventable
A badly understood notion of risk has created a fake crisis in university pensions that will devastate academia, argues Dennis Leech
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Bath v-c merits higher pay than Oxbridge heads, says council chair
Under-fire head of Bath's governing body defends high pay of Dame Glynis Breakwell after Hefce rebuke
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Cash-strapped university proposes to abolish academic departments
Academics object to reforms at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale