My raucous caucus: teaching politics in the US during election season
Renee Ann Cramer explains how classroom role-play helped her students to humanise voters with whom they disagree
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University of Ulsan president challenges graduate goals
Yeon-Cheon Oh says serving society can be as rewarding as getting rich
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Teach students academic writing or endanger degree completion: study
Research suggests low self-efficacy among graduate students increases writing anxiety
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Professor who wore blackface at party suspended
Case at University of Oregon sparks row over academic who is said to have worn make up to highlight racism faced by students
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Turkey's 'Nazi-style' purge of academia condemned
'Nazi-era methods' targeting academia unacceptable, says Luxembourg's foreign minister
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Malaysia cuts public university funding
Academic says budgeting measures will hit research hardest
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Clinton v Trump: what will you be doing on election night?
US scholars reveal how they will spend the night as arguably the most divisive election battle in recent history nears its conclusion
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Limiting student visas at some campuses ‘ignoring Brexit message’
Home Office plans could restrict benefits of overseas students to the wealthiest cities, British Future director warns
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Linguistic bias in publishing ‘should not be dismissed’
International linguists have decried a Hong Kong professor’s controversial claim that bias against non-native English speakers is ‘myth’
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German universities ‘should create brand personalities’
German institutions should learn from car firms to better attract top talent, say researchers
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Find your university’s unique strengths, and celebrate them
Not all universities are great at everything, so they shouldn’t claim to be, say Matthew Hartley and Alan Ruby
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Students need ‘soft skills’ courses as part of degrees
Former Shanghai Normal University president advocates classes on extracurricular development
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Philosopher’s talk cancelled due to passport rules
A UK university has been criticised for cancelling a guest lecture after a British academic refused to produce his passport
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Twitter taunts over REF omission rile professor
Politics scholar angered by what he claims was ‘ruthless’ attempt to discredit him by citing non-inclusion in UK’s research excellence framework
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Part-time PhD students do it better: three unspoken truths
Doctoral students who downplay their part-time status forget that they excel in key ways, says Rebecca Gelding