Big university donors are distorting research agendas
Kenneth Griffin’s $300 million donation to Harvard is unusual in not being tied to pet ideological causes, says Naomi Oreskes
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Pakistani universities suspend operations amid soaring inflation
Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending
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Liberal arts education is not a Western concept
Ancient India and China were the first civilisations to educate young people to become whole individuals, says Kyaw Moe Tun
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Open access is not enough. We need open equity
Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill
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Kent students condemn ‘callous’ Brussels campus closure
UK’s ‘European university’ winds down operations at satellite site, blaming rising costs and recruitment challenges
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Cambridge University Press drops fees for low-income countries
Publishing giant announces list of more than 100 nations where open access charges will not apply
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Biden visit caps Ulster University’s post-Troubles transformation
Vice-chancellor hails US President's speech as giving the institution ‘fantastic prominence’ worldwide
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Journal blacklists are a useful way to promote academic integrity
We can’t discourage scientific opportunism without providing information about which publishers to avoid, says Natalia Letki
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China block on foreign access to journal portal ‘damages knowledge’
Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ‘serious blow’ to West’s China studies and isolate Chinese academics
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System engineering
University funding systems are complex and misfiring. A sustainable future requires root-and-branch review, with politics removed from the equation
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The week in higher education – 13 April 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Times Higher Education acquires Poets&Quants
‘Match made in heaven’ bolsters THE's offering in the business education sector
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March Madness college basketball success ‘boosts applications’
Analysis shows institutional recruitment increases after branding and visibility boosts in annual tournament
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Interview with Vinod Menon
The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement
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13 April 2023 digital edition
Working example: Are degree apprenticeships bearing the weight of expectations?