Malaysian universities in dire need of reform, say scholars
Researchers blast higher education system for valuing metrics and loyalty to higher-ups over intellectual rigour
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Major publisher embraces ‘researcher journey’ journal format
Journals that are part of Cambridge University Press’ Research Directions ‘will better reflect the research lifecycle’ and interdisciplinary research
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South Australia drops quarantine requirement for foreign students
State becomes first jurisdiction to step back from its pilot scheme, after being first to get one approved
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Rationality, by Steven Pinker
Martin Cohen takes issue with a polemic that seems to skate over some of the deeper dimensions of logic and scientific method
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Institute of Physics puts skills at centre of latest reinvention
Physics’ royal society aims to be more relevant than ever with focus on skills, education and business
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Lack of student success measures is holding back higher education
From undergraduate engagement to teacher training and graduate salaries, universities lack statistics needed to track student outcomes, say Hamish Coates and Xi Gao
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Reduction in choice ‘would hit disadvantaged students hardest’
Report for MPs shows poorer students make decisions based on living costs and are more likely to live locally
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Climate Impact Forum: embed sustainability in university teaching to save the planet
Changing university curricula to reflect challenges of climate change will inspire students, not lofty environmental commitments, says Daniella Tilbury
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Cash, not borders, ‘major barrier to overseas study’
With their home economies bouncing back and students keen to travel, countries face vaccination validation as next obstacle
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Editorial favouritism unpopular with China’s junior scholars
But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality
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History lessons can help disciplines to survive
Those bemoaning the decline of Classics on campus should examine how recent generations have tackled the problem, says Harvey J. Graff
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Covid relief measures ‘made little difference’ in Australia
Funding guarantee ‘cost government nothing’ and funding reforms ‘delivered no extra students’, Senate estimates committee hears
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Biden wins limited boosts in student aid but free college fails
Months of talks among congressional Democrats shifts community college focus to preschool ages and aids minority campuses and immigrants
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Universities must embrace difficult conversations about their past
Imperial College London president Alice Gast explains why she wants an open dialogue about the ‘complex, brilliant and sometimes flawed’ individuals who shaped the institution she leads
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Ethnic Chinese scientists fear heavy US surveillance
After years of crackdown on Chinese-born scholars, US universities in danger of losing critical base of students and workers, University of Arizona-led survey finds