Ageing workforce in non-science fields ‘not good news’ for UK
While some disciplines naturally have older researchers, more job security is needed to attract young, experts say
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Western universities need to adopt a more Chinese-friendly pedagogy
Meeting the Confucian approach halfway will protect student recruitment and might even stimulate a new politics of mutual benefit, says Paul Breen
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WUR 3.0: the new methodology for the World University Rankings
We answer your questions about the next framework for the rankings
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Rethink time needed for online teaching, universities urged
Allowance needed for ‘upfront’ time cost of creating digital content, event hears
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Louise Richardson to leave Oxford for Carnegie Corporation
Vice-chancellor to take over as president of New York philanthropic fund at the start of 2023
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Does science have all the answers – is philosophy dead?
A physicist and two philosophers reflect on the value of their respective disciplines
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Life Is Simple, by Johnjoe McFadden
Geoffrey Cantor has mixed feelings about a bold attempt to put a 14th-century friar at the heart of our understanding of science
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Should graduate employment data be used to decide course funding?
Amid concern on graduate employment in Westminster and across West, looking at funding systems that put labour market demand at centre is instructive
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Changing of guard in Hong Kong leadership ‘may narrow diversity’
International candidates may be reluctant to follow departing Taiwan-born university heads, say scholars
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Shutdowns drive master’s students’ workload and contact concerns
Overall satisfaction drops to lowest level since Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey began
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Alumni associations should help tackle humanity’s big challenges
Graduate networks are the perfect launch vehicle for systemic voluntary efforts to improve society, say Michael Madison and Martin Skladany
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Spence: don’t let digital investments dictate teaching policy
UCL president says the move back to in-person teaching has been complicated by huge costs sunk into digital learning
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Embrace advent of Western remote tutors, African academics told
Ghanaian university president Patrick Awuah says local academics and students should welcome expertise that remotely based scholars bring
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Adam Rutherford: scientists have to be better at history
Geneticist warns of the dangers of ‘fetishising’ DNA and turning a blind eye to racism
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Leaders say turn away from humanities will harm critical thinking
Universities should ensure all students, including in sciences, can access ‘great humanities education’, Berkeley dean tells THE summit