Party strengthens control of Chinese university administration
‘Heightened’ crackdown on academic freedom expected as party committees merge with presidents’ offices on leading campuses
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Jo Phoenix: ‘every single v-c should read this judgment’
Scholar found to have faced ‘hostile environment’ due to gender-critical views warns ruling has implications for all universities, but fears more troubling cases to come
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India’s teachers’ and students’ unions must defend academic autonomy
Amid creeping political influence over universities, both academics and students are oddly quiet, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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PhD students protest against IIT’s ‘paper per semester’ rule
Pressure to publish seen as ‘contributing factor’ to recent suicides, as Madras faces backlash on doctoral monitoring
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My heart attack would have killed my livelihood if I’d still been an adjunct
When adjunct faculty contribute so much to US academia, why are they denied basic benefits such as health insurance and medical leave, asks Josh Hiller
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Disabled academics need a bigger say in sector, says professor
Evolving norms, expectations and laws usher both risk and opportunity for universities, according to blind law scholar
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Academics wouldn’t drink to the handover of marking to AI
Would someone who found effective software for their department never have to buy a beer again? Not according to my survey, says Paul Breen
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Open University ‘apologises unreservedly’ to Jo Phoenix
Vice-chancellor announces ‘major independent review’ after acknowledging ‘in several areas we fell very short’
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Abandon plan for foreign funding register, universities tell EU
European University Association says being forced to disclose international funding could lead to institutions being wrongly ‘suspected of representing foreign interests’
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Ukraine’s university born out of war: ‘education is our future’
SET University president Iryna Volnytska discusses the challenges of building a new institution in wartime
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Human resources professor ‘sacked over Greta Thunberg tweet’
Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’
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Canadian universities reel from international student visa cut
Provinces promise action against private operators, but universities fear Trudeau is going too far, too fast, without consulting sector
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UCU Left is fighting for a more democratic, effective academic union
Far from being elitist, UCU Left members see collective decision-making as key to campaigning strength, says general secretary candidate Saira Weiner
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Nature journal launches large-scale effort to replicate papers
Partnership with Institute for Replication will support reproduction and replication attempts tied to papers published from 2023 onwards
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Lancaster objects to ‘very confusing’ Uclan name change plan
University wants to drop ‘Central’ and become ‘The University of Lancashire’, as existing location description has ‘little or no current relevance or meaning’