‘There’s a silencing effect’: the attack on diversity in the US
Equity, diversity and inclusion staff in US higher education are losing their jobs in the wake of anti-EDI laws, but college leaders are mobilising, reports Rosa Ellis
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Hertfordshire allowed to recommence Bar training after suspension
Recruitment to vocational Bar course put on hold last year amid regulator’s concern over low pass rates
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Senators berate Australian National University over Gaza position
In rerun of US Congress hearing, Australian university executives reprimanded over both insensitivity to antisemitism and ‘complicity’ in Gaza slaughter
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Temporary employment rates twice as high in academia, study finds
Swedish report finds almost a third of research and teaching staff held fixed-term positions in 2022
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State school share of Cambridge student intake shrinks
First drop in proportion of admissions coming from maintained schools since 2014
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Macquarie finalises plan to halve language programmes
Course cuts will ‘revitalise’ language offerings, make students more employable and ‘address global challenges’, university claims
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Neither mathematics nor rationality are ‘European’
Our public exhibition on maths’ global origins aims to stimulate discussion about decolonisation and inclusion, says John Armstrong
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Focus turns to ‘stopped-out’ students as enrolment issues mount
Population of students who have studied at college but not gained a degree grew by 2.9 per cent to 36.8 million, report finds
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Be careful what you wish for
Some right-wing politicians seem to view a university collapse as a prize to be fought for. But in reality, a disorderly exit would be disastrous for all
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Union claims casualisation wins as Lincoln staff vote to strike
UCU says it has secured an average 15 per cent wage increase for supervisors at Cambridge, and pay raise of 14 per cent for some doctoral tutors at Sussex
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Leading US law journals block article criticising Israel
Months after Harvard Law Review rejected analysis of Gaza genocide allegation, Columbia’s version does the same
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Australia ‘undermining research while reviewing it’
International student caps will endanger research funding just as a leisurely R&D review considers how to fix it, Senate committee hears
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What would happen if a UK university went bankrupt?
No British public university has ever had to close its doors, but funding pressures are leading to vast numbers of redundancies and fuelling dire warnings that some institutions are close to the edge...
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Susan Solomon: ‘Healing the earth is possible’
Having brokered some of the world’s biggest pacts on global warming, MIT climate scientist Susan Solomon tells Matthew Reisz why she is optimistic that environmental damage can be reversed
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How to maintain momentum on sustainability
Create a shared vision, set ambitious targets and celebrate loudly, advises Zoe Rodwell for keeping a sustainability strategy on track