University of Florida academic freedom row deepens
Along with blocking faculty court testimony, university allegedly also courted state politicians by interfering in hiring, research and teaching
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UN warns over private provider expansion in developing sectors
Head of global monitoring report on education says he is concerned about language of market and inequality
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Is academic freedom compatible with political influence over governance?
The Florida governor’s control over the make-up of public universities’ boards makes recent controversies unsurprising, says Mei Lan Frame
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Domestic students ‘bring in more money than internationals’
New book challenges some of the Australian university sector’s holy cows
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Most New Zealand universities opt for compulsory vaccination
Mandates the least worst option, as vice-chancellors await ‘the inevitable court cases’
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US universities must address the trauma of applying for financial aid
The financial effects of Covid may cause disadvantaged college applicants to panic, unclear how to apply for aid or too ashamed to do so, says Amy Glynn
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End ‘state of denial’ and create new universities, Willetts urges
Tory ex-minister criticises ‘policy-Whitehall-Westminster establishment’ for failure to meet ‘high responsibility’ to plan for new universities
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Universities need to work together to make an impact on climate change
Emily Shuckburgh and Alyssa Gilbert, co-chairs of the COP26 Universities Network, draw the lessons from two years of collective effort
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Fast-track Swiss negotiations on Horizon Europe, universities say
European research institutions want question of association to be separated from broader talks on political relationship
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Omicron: move teaching online for last week of term, says UCU
UK union says continuing face-to-face tuition puts staff and students in ‘unnecessary danger’
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Online academic conferences showing wide benefit
Ending in-person conferences during Covid tied to substantial gains in equity, sustainability and inclusiveness, US team finds in broad data analysis
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GCHQ forms first research partnership with UK universities
New partnership with institutions in north-west should drive innovation and even recruitment
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A Bolsonaro defeat will not fully undo his damage to Brazilian science
Deep cuts may be reversed, but the Brazilian president’s anti-science rhetoric will do lasting damage, says John Aubrey Douglass
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Imperial puts more teaching online as Omicron spreads on campuses
Oxford reports 33 per cent increase in Covid-19 cases in a week, with many of them the new variant
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Australia promises long-range medical research strategy
Canberra accepts advice of more than 10 reviews