What use is the immutable syllabus in a tumultuous age?
Perhaps it is only by recasting an agreement as an adventure that professors can respond to the urgency of our times, says Robert Zaretsky
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Penn chooses Virginia’s Elizabeth Magill as president
Provost at Virginia expected to take office in July, replacing Gutmann after high-profile 18-year tenure
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Union calls global academic boycott of Goldsmiths in jobs row
Scholars asked to refuse to speak or help with examinations at university where 46 jobs remain at risk
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Jonathan Van-Tam returns to Nottingham as pro vice-chancellor
England deputy chief medical officer, on secondment since 2017 from the university, has been one of most high-profile faces of country’s pandemic response
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Conflict Graffiti, by John Lennon
Stefano Bloch applauds a brilliant account of what street art can reveal about people, places and politics
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Universities shun school mentoring ‘to guard global reputation’
Northern Powerhouse Partnership appeals to universities to follow Sheffield Hallam’s lead on pandemic mentoring for secondary pupils
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Stanford Marriage Pact finds students keen on romantic assistance
Isolation and anxieties of Covid and Trump eras drive campus matchmaking model, and possible reinforcement of elite
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Constitutional case ‘puts brakes on more anti-precarity laws’
Search for wider solutions must continue while Berlin’s postdoc contract law faces judicial scrutiny, experts say
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The liberal arts can counteract polarisation – but there are caveats
Higher education must double down on the liberal education values of interdisciplinarity, experiential learning and critical thinking, says Eric Skipper
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UCU calls for vulnerable to work remotely as Omicron surges
Union updates guidance to branches that also calls for ‘high quality’ face masks to be made available to staff
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Royal Holloway and St George’s call off revived merger talks
End of negotiations echoes events of 2008, when union was floated and then dropped
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‘Discreet’ chats to quiet defiance: tactics on Hong Kong campuses
Facing lower tolerance for free speech, academics and students share their approaches on retaining autonomy and avoiding unwanted scrutiny
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Preference for globetrotters leaves Chinese scholars ‘helpless’
Selective institutions more likely to show their favouritism publicly, study finds
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Minimum entry grades ‘would increase degree access inequality’
Former director of fair access Chris Millward says government move to cut university places ‘serious prospect’ but unlikely to succeed
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1 in 4 PhDs in survey ‘report feelings of suicide or self-harm’
Researchers say study adds to ‘growing body of evidence’ on poor mental well-being for doctoral students