Last month, the Australian Academy of Science condemned the country’s ongoing review of research for ignoring a long-term funding decline that has left basic research at ‘breaking point’. Was that a...
Minister aims to bring academia in line with other regulated professions after outcry over harassment within universities
More than half of higher education institutions failed to improve gender pay equity last year
When Mashreq’s campus was shattered and then occupied by soldiers, we were forced to strip education down to its essentials, says Gihad Ibrahim
MIT tops list for second consecutive year, but experts fear US universities will deem future interdisciplinary research projects too risky
Universities urged to collaborate on areas such as the language they use in admissions to ensure accessibility for non-traditional students
A successful merger requires leaders to be mission-grounded and brave enough to move on, say David Lloyd and Peter Høj, in the final instalment of their series on the largest merger in Australian...
While submitting to authority comes naturally to Asian universities, their Western counterparts have traditionally resisted coercion. But Donald Trump’s compact could change the game with the...
University leaders should advocate for grants to be diverted to early years education to reduce later attainment gaps, conference hears
Link between higher education and higher earnings weakens across many OECD countries, showing need to strengthen alternative options
Facilitating face-to-face discussions key to ensuring students can have tricky conversations, says founder of new viewpoint diversity centre
Lack of access to food exacerbating health and academic challenges for students who are already socio-economically deprived, say authors
Number of students studying UK courses abroad set to hit 1 million before end of the decade
Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu
THE is relaunching the Impact Rankings, allowing us to work in closer partnership with participants and evolve the exercise as the SDGs themselves develop, says Phil Baty