Free speech champions seen as fix for academic freedom ‘crisis’
Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report
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What is lost when academics teach to empty lecture halls?
Higher education needs to ‘find the right balance’ between online and in-person learning, says Sydney professor, after confronting empty lecture hall for the second time
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Universities are the perfect fora for debating the Commonwealth’s future
It is no accident that universities are prominent in protests over ties to the slave trade and movements to decolonise education, says Joanna Newman
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World University Rankings 2023: coming soon
Prepare for the rankings launch of the year
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Unison members out on strike as new term gets under way
Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis
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‘Secret shower videos’ force Indian university’s week-long closure
Student groups condemn institution’s denials and call for ‘student-run’ body to look into sexual harassment on campus
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Times Higher Education acquires student events organiser BMI
Deal will ‘transform the events landscape for students looking to study abroad’, says chief executive
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Australian state to pay student recruitment agents’ commissions
WA says legal contracts and payment through institutions will avert unintended consequences
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Pensions ‘injustice’ pressures Hungary’s last public universities
Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised
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Talking leadership 42: Kuniko Tanioka on being a female leader in Japan
Shigakkan University president talks about being the odd one out in an ‘old boys’ club’ and about encouraging her students to carve their own path
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Rees-Mogg role raises questions on ‘laissez-faire’ R&D approach
Truss government and business secretary urged to affirm commitment to using research spending to drive innovation, particularly in regions
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Coming back from burnout: ‘every academic has a story to tell’
Author hopes her experiences battling burnout as an academic can inspire others to find ways to cope
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Business schools are complicit in populism’s threats to democracy
The inequalities exacerbated by global capitalism must be challenged by institutions in the service of citizens rather than corporations, says Carl Rhodes
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Jewish university shuts clubs to avoid recognising LGBTQ group
Private Orthodox institution acts after US Supreme Court upholds state court recognition order that’s likely to be reversed later
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Troubled waters for cash-starved University of the South Pacific
As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger