Universities need to look disaster resilience in the eye
Making campuses sustainable will help limit future climate change but won’t protect against current threats, say Frank Fernandez and Hilary Coulson
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Step up on mental health, universities told as new levy announced
Aggrieved Victorian universities should see new mental health levy as an opportunity to harness resources, conference hears
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Former Penn State leader ordered to jail over sex abuse failings
Appeal on health grounds fails as prosecutor demands message for ignoring serial offending football coach
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Cross-border universities initiative ‘could extend far beyond EU’
European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances
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Rage or engage?
It may feel as if the media is out to get universities. But a positive, pragmatic relationship is possible – and vital to public trust
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UK Research and Innovation budget falls as overseas aid cuts bite
Total budget for UK’s main public research funder is down 5 per cent
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English tuition fee cut a ‘myth’, says universities minister
Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference
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Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment, by Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey
Joe Moran appreciates a bold attempt to illuminate the roots of why we are so unhappy
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India has renewed push for mutual recognition of qualifications
Employers, universities and students are demanding bilateral recognition of Indian qualifications. Eldho Mathews explains why it matters
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Interview with Camilla Pang
The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving
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Katherine Hawley, 1971-2021
Tributes paid to acclaimed philosopher who always ‘gave of herself for the good of the group’
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Swiss misconduct code targets self-citation and authorship abuse
Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame
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Is the age of the campus bookshop over?
LSE’s iconic Economists’ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters
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The week in higher education – 27 May 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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27 May 2021 digital edition
Biting back: misunderstood disciplines put the record straight