Universities’ over-monitoring culture is a threat to academic freedom
The digital revolution is creating a sense of always being watched and judged in both teaching and research, say Chavan Kissoon and Terence Karran
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Locals winners, foreigners likely losers in Australian budget
While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar
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We protected star Covid commentator, says New Zealand university
Court case raises conflict between academic freedom and universities’ duty of care, says barrister
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This isn’t the 1960s. Administrators are now conscripted into the attack
The unprecedented pressure on presidents from donors and pressure groups renders them unable to defend their students, says Harvey Graff
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No degree and little hope for protesting students behind bars
Student leaders protesting their university’s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves in Papua New Guinea jail, after ‘opportunist’ torches vehicles
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One-size-fits-all overseas franchising is incompatible with decolonisation
Gendering and decolonising curricula requires a nuanced consideration of learners’ diverse perspectives and cultural contexts, says Heather Jeffrey
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Embrace global challenges or risk irrelevance, minister urges
Malaysian Cabinet member says universities should prioritise local needs over global reputation
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In Gaza protests, enemies of US higher education find new weapon
Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities
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Calls to boycott university over detention of Palestinian scholar
Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Global collaborations ‘bloody complicated’ as tensions spike
University leaders warn they often find themselves stuck between the US and China
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The week in higher education – 25 April 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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US House speaker calls for ousting of Columbia president
Top congressional Republican comes to New York City to ally himself with conservatives attacking free speech on college campuses
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Leeds bans ‘unfairly disparaging’ social media posts
University policy criticised for potential chilling effect, just as institutions come under renewed pressure to promote free speech
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Cautious experiment with AI in student counselling gets under way
US university tests use of technology in training mental health advisers, but experts foresee – and fear – wider application
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Academic prosecuted for calling minister’s speech ‘neo-Hitlerite’
Italian philosopher faces defamation charges after condemning use of term ‘ethnic replacement’