‘Zero cases’ aim back in China, now for graduate unemployment
Tough job market forces authorities to introduce measures aimed at simplifying graduates’ entry into the workplace
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Uncertainty as Norway international student fee deadline looms
Some universities have already begun collecting dues while others ‘wait and see’ for amendment to pass parliament and details of government scholarships to be finalised
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USS hack response panned as members report suspicious activity
Lawyers consider bringing joint claim over breach, but pension fund says no evidence personal information stolen during Capita attack is circulating widely
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The Dnipro dam atrocity must prompt a re-evaluation of Russian culture
So far, Russianists have been strangely resistant to confronting imperialistic, Russocentric narratives, says Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
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US debt pact throws campuses back into crisis
Biden ends months-long Republican showdown by accepting budgetary freeze that will tighten institutions’ budgets and likely hurt students with the greatest need
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‘Simpler systems’ needed to solve underpayments, says Monash v-c
Unions and management should strike ‘grand bargain’ to resolve issue that ‘casts a shadow’ over the sector, says outgoing leader
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Bristol v-c defends marking essays during assessment boycott
Historian vice-chancellor Evelyn Welch has faced criticism for marking final-year dissertations personally
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The degree apprenticeship route into medicine is not a threat to quality
The route will ease the staffing crisis by widening access, but apprentices will have to pass the same professional exams as everyone else, says Nichola Hay
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Education research should be central to the academy. Why isn’t it?
Our report suggests the discipline is struggling in the UK amid low funding and methodological clashes, say four academics
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New universities will ‘increase strain’ in South Africa
Academics question whether two new institutions are needed in a system already facing growing pains
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Citation counting is encouraging cheating in Iran
Ministers’ metric-based boasts about the country’s scientific prowess are belied by the reality, as a recent incident illustrates, says Roohola Ramezani
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Australian international education notches most lucrative quarter
Revenue and visa applications reach record levels, but have not yet translated into record student numbers
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UCU meets pay deduction threats with further strikes
Branches across the UK aim to disrupt open days and graduations with fresh round of action as tensions rise
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Germany’s leading rector wants to end university hierarchies
Walter Rosenthal aims to use German Rectors’ Conference presidency to find common ground between applied science and traditional universities
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Diversification of research replacing US hegemony, says Marginson
Centre-periphery model of higher education ‘already obsolete’, with strong research output from a growing number of nations, scholar tells Boston conference