For open monographs, collective library subscription is the key
These initiatives don’t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create institutional or disciplinary divides, say Anthony Cond and Jane Bunker
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‘University town’ will give Hong Kong campuses room to grow
Borderland development set to foster enhanced collaboration with mainland institutions
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Calls to boycott university over detention of Palestinian scholar
Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Pakistan’s new government must wake up to the education emergency
Young people are leaving the country in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi
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Call to train university staff how to pronounce students’ names
Study concludes that learning how to pronounce students’ names properly should be included in diversity and inclusion policies at universities ‘because it goes to the heart of people’s identities’
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Faculty-administrator distrust is making US universities ungovernable
We must rethink higher education’s intellectual mission in terms that transcend Manichaean critiques of the neoliberal university, says Nicholas Dirks
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NIH raises postdoctoral salaries, but below target
Top US funding agency manages record increase in key programme for younger scientists, and sees gains in overall equity, while absorbing net cut in its annual budget
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International students make me feel like an academic again
Overseas students’ respect for learning helps restore some of the authority that consumerism has stripped from UK academics, says Rania Hafez
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How men get away with dodging ‘academic housework’
Women expected to be ‘organisational team-players’ while male colleagues ‘allowed to pursue their individual career interests’
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University staff more likely to be LGB+ than general population
Study says fears of under-representation are ‘unfounded’ and warns affirmative action could therefore be ‘unlawful’
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Asia University Rankings 2024: methodology
To reflect this dynamic region, we make adjustments to the criteria behind our World University Rankings, which we have revised to reflect today’s higher education scene
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Colleges warily welcome Biden rules on campus sexual assaults
Colleges and universities grateful that president is restoring their control over sexual misconduct hearings, but warn about speed and frequency of change
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Sunway president: universities must focus on bridging frontiers
Sibrandes Poppema shares how his institution is strengthening links across countries and with industry and society
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Embed climate change content in health degrees, experts say
Climate change is ‘exacerbating almost every type of illness’, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it
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An external regulator is not the solution to academic misconduct
The problem is very real, but it would be more effective to invest in creating an institutional culture of responsibility and accountability, says Jim Nicell