The week in higher education – 23 November 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Nader Hashemi
The Georgetown professor of Middle East and Islamic politics talks of hating his parents’ return to Iran after the 1979 revolution – and crediting it with his life’s mission of advancing democracy...
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We can’t stop the ‘rip-off degrees’ debate – but we can change its terms
Singling out particular disciplines makes no sense, but we need cross-subject standards that are recognisable to employers, says Ian Pace
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Will a new president end Mexico’s stand-off over university policy?
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has expanded university access but is accused of ideological attacks on institutions, overly zealous corruption clampdowns and a misguided power grab...
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UK’s £750 million science funding boost includes new fellowships
Mid-career fellowship scheme backed by a £250 million endowment is part of package linked to unused Horizon Europe funds
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Discomfort of being around poverty ‘good for students’
Wealth inequities ‘a learning tool’ in education geared to ‘whole-person formation’, forum hears
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EU to begin ‘exploratory talks’ with Swiss on Horizon Europe
‘We are ready,’ European commissioner writes on social media after broader ‘understanding’ reached
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Autumn statement: Hunt backs AI research and investment zones
UK chancellor also funds Holocaust education efforts in universities and simplifies R&D tax credit
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Equal Pay Day 2023: see the gender pay gap at your university
Sector-wide pay gap stands at 14.2 per cent, but it is higher than 30 per cent at some institutions
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Science adviser ‘worried’ about breaching of Haldane principle
Dame Angela McLean hints that long-observed separation between science and government on research funding decisions is fraying
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Canadian universities ‘disappointed’ by lack of support in budget
Institutions sound warning after feeling left out of finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s economic statement
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Hefcw chief executive gets £192K payout as funder disbanded
Long-serving David Blaney reaches ‘voluntary exit agreement’ as Welsh regulation transfers to Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
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Ombudsman could order fee refunds over sexual misconduct claims
Australian universities say remit of proposed watchdog needs ‘detailed examination’
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Time to come home, Ukraine tells émigré scholars
Minister responsible for higher education tells European universities to stop recruiting its best minds
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Open science funding cuts leave us ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic
Pooling academic resources vital to countering ‘market failures’ in pharmaceutical industry, says Covid Moonshot pioneer John Chodera