Even in challenging times, universities must keep widening participation
Higher education funding in the UK may still be inadequate, but cost-cutting cannot come at the expense of social mobility, says Fiona Devine
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Australian research and development review given a year
Long timeline for review heralded almost a year ago by another review
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Postgraduate fee system an ethical minefield, says Hecs architect
Loan scheme pioneer highlights moral hazard of Australia’s ‘Byzantine’ way of bankrolling master’s places
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OfS pauses all new registration applications to focus on finances
‘Challenger’ institutions dealt blow as regulator temporarily shuts down processes seen as crucial for launching as a provider
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Guarantee university offers for care leavers, thinktank urges
Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland’s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families
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Interim v-c quits Canberra after ‘losing confidence’ in governors
Troubled institution has fourth leader in a year, ahead of Bill Shorten’s arrival in February
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Accord a missed opportunity, says departing Melbourne v-c
‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell
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Polish presidential candidate ‘bad for historians’, academics say
Concerns raised about Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki’s role leading Institute of National Remembrance
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Appeasing banks ‘more important than saving jobs’, say UEA staff
Union sees need to borrow for building projects behind latest round of bloodletting
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Talking leadership: Ghassan Aouad on cultural intelligence and freedom of speech
The chancellor of Abu Dhabi University on different types of intelligence, freedom of speech and universities in the East versus West
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Now the Taliban is banning lecturers from pursuing higher study abroad
Scholars who win foreign scholarships will have no jobs to return to in Afghanistan if they decide to take them up, says an Afghan academic
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‘Inclusive co-teaching’ bridges gap between academia and practice
Award-winning teaching method that incorporates diverse voices into teaching has been accredited with the ability to transform social science and medical subjects
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Funding skew blinds world to ‘hidden bomb’ technologies
If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns
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Accepting ‘market exit’ students has lasting impact – principal
Process for transferring students left stranded by market exit in need of a rethink, says one of the few leaders who has gone through it
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Private universities soon to outnumber publics in Spain
Equity, quality control and excess competition among areas of concern for experts