Don’t fixate on promotion
Opacity and double standards are infuriating, but the blessings of an academic career are present at all ranks, says Adrian Furnham
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Latin America University Rankings 2021: results announced
Institutions are lagging behind global peers on prestige and funding levels
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India’s new education minister jumps on problems
Exam dates and national policy addressed in first week
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Stop wasting resources on low-quality HE, Latin America told
World Bank’s head of education calls for focus on creating ‘single ecosystem’ in tertiary education
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Latin America University Rankings 2021: measures of progress
Growing participation in the rankings attests to universities’ determination to raise quality and better serve their communities, says Ellie Bothwell
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Is Latin American research on a path of decline?
Pandemic-related budget constraints and anti-science governments are taking their toll on researchers in their region. Ellie Bothwell reports
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Latin America University Rankings 2021: patchy performance
Latin American universities are rising, but more slowly than others
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Latin America University Rankings 2021 digital edition
Throughout the disruption and privations of the pandemic, Latin America’s institutions have gone the extra mile to support their students, while remaining focused on improving standards
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France to back not-for-profit diamond journals
Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead
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Is it a good idea to treat postgraduate researchers as staff?
As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world
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Economics ‘standing still or going backwards’ on diversity in UK
Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society
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We need an honest appraisal of what went right and wrong during Covid
It will take real courage to unpack the failures of leaders over the past year, but there are important lessons to be learned, says Patrick Sanaghan
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Keep campus mask mandates, union urges, as Covid restrictions end
University and College Union warns English universities could become ‘incubators for Covid’ without robust safety measures
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Half of female carers in academia without flexible working
Pandemic could reverse gender-equity advances in Asia-Pacific region, researchers warn
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Tackling Latin America’s social problems demands Covid-era collaboration
Our innovative, empathic and cooperative approach to the pandemic needs to be used to address more deep-seated problems such as poverty and inequality, says Chantal Jouannet Valderrama