Talking leadership: Koen Lamberts on overcoming ideology to achieve commercialisation
Sheffield vice-chancellor discusses including innovation in promotions criteria and carving a distinct identity for the university
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Spanish rector ‘created citation factory to boost reputation’
Salamanca head Juan Manuel Corchado, accused of artificially inflating citations of his work, denies wrongdoing
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Chinese university closes Israel campus as relations ‘sour’
Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics closes Israeli outpost as faculty are unable to travel to the Middle East
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Norwegian researchers fear pressures on academic freedom
Survey by Norwegian Association of Researchers finds many believe their institution does too little to safeguard them from harassment
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Cooperative open access can right many of publishing’s wrongs
Publishers used to provide authors with better service – and royalties. But open access cooperatives offer a ray of light, says Harvey Graff
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Labour scraps UK’s planned national academy for mathematics
Body proposed by former government was seen as a way of upskilling workforce and growing the economy
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Lancaster v-c Andy Schofield to join Glasgow as principal
Theoretical physicist to succeed Sir Anton Muscatelli in September 2025
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From library to Spotify: academic audiobooks hit the mainstream
With the audiobook industry booming, university publishers are turning everything from hot new scholarly titles to Karl Marx’s catalogue into engrossing listening. Matthew Reisz speaks to academics,...
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A puzzle of many pieces
Universities are sprawling enterprises with numerous interlinked activities, so winning support for the funding they need is harder than it should be
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Australian student caps ‘will bankrupt global diversity drive’
Canberra’s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears
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Brian Cox and Andre Geim to be keynote speakers at THE World Academic Summit 2024
Professor Brian Cox and Sire Andre Geim to give keynote speeches at THE World Academic Summit 2024
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Are universities doing enough to support neurodivergent students?
Thousands more students on the autism spectrum are entering universities thanks to improved diagnosis and support from schools. John Ross examines how institutions are adapting to this challenge and...
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Interview with Sam McAlister
The Newsnight producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to give that interview reflects on why her law degree helped to impress in the media, the Netflix film about her ‘journalistic underdog’ story and...
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‘Places need renewal or they disappear’: Warburg Institute reborn
A £14.5 million revamp of the unusual Bloomsbury library has also prompted a rethink about its mission, says director Bill Sherman
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Call to force AI firms to help universities catch essay cheats
Essay mills pivoting to offering low-cost services to avoid plagiarism checks