University assessment chaos feared as external examiners quit
Hundreds of academics refuse to take part in system as part of ongoing industrial action, prompting institutions to draw up contingency plans
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Covid exodus failed to stem sexual abuse on Australian campuses
Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault
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International help ‘must not kill Ukrainian system with kindness’
As Ukrainian universities resume online teaching, experts say longer-term solutions must avoid brain drain and look to post-war recovery
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Post-study work competition could shift US policy, says IIE head
Allan Goodman tells THE that need to keep pace with other nations could push issue up political agenda
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India’s rush to digital learning is too much, too soon
Unreliable internet connections and underdeveloped pedagogies will blunt the potential impact of online options, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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Talking leadership 19: Alain Fuchs on managing a merger
The PSL president discusses bringing staff on board and not over-centralising services
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Gove: levelling up could mean new universities for UK regions
Cabinet minister says he would like to see new institutions in places like Doncaster, Wigan and Grimsby
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Funding reforms ‘another blow’ to engineering education
Canberra’s policy changes helped turn its big-ticket infrastructure schemes into pipe dreams, university-industry report argues
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English free speech bill stalls but ministers ‘remain committed’
Clash of views on whether controversial legislation’s support is dwindling and whether it will be carried over to next session of Parliament
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US bets big on entrepreneurial science
With new divisions at NIH and NSF, federal government making long-promised structural changes to get universities and their scientists beyond their silos
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‘Change fatigue’ dampens desire to scrap journal impact factors
Turbulence caused by pandemic may have reduced appetite for radical reform of research assessment and rewards, suggests study
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New Zealand professors in Māori science row quit Royal Society
After fighting off attempt to expel them, academics resign from learned academy over ‘untoward political focus’
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Russian universities must suffer tougher sanctions
Complicity of Russian universities in the savage assault on Ukraine must lead to severe punishments, write four Ukrainian academics
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Task force aims to cut data burden on English sector
Announcement comes amid growing criticism of extra regulatory load placed on universities by reforms
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This is what practical support for Ukrainian refugees actually looks like
The University of Gdańsk is housing hundreds, and expects thousands. But couldn’t the burden be shared more widely, asks Agnieszka Piotrowska