The post-election mood is as divided on US campuses as it is beyond them
The popular conception that US academics are uniformly liberal fails to take into account universities’ subject breadth, says John R. Thelin
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Macalester president offers to pay fines for protesting students
Suzanne Rivera receives both praise and abuse on social media in response to offer but says she will continue to defend rights to assembly and free speech
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Pakistan’s knowledge city plans ‘impractical’
Scholars say country should focus on more pressing higher education issues after prime minister announces ambitious scheme
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Covid-19 has underlined the digital divide in Pakistani higher education
Some locked-down students have no electricity at home, never mind broadband service, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz
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US election: academic hope tempered by realism as Biden wins
Higher education leaders celebrate change in tone but recognise political limits
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Rural Chinese students start behind but catch up
Socio-economic disadvantages are most prominent in the first two years of university, study finds
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To combat racial inequality, university classrooms must be more inclusive
When teachers ignore offensive language, we are complicit in making the classroom unsafe, say Mariangela Palladino and Shalini Sharma
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Post-election, higher education must help address US polarisation
We need to teach all students to listen better, to ask the right questions and to be willing to be wrong, says Anne Houtman
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Funding a concern amid Covid but academics push on with research
Huge survey finds majority of academics have adapted to shutdowns, but many fear ‘Covid-isation’ of grants
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Big data era ‘overturns scientific paradigm’
With digital devices generating data from the world at an unprecedented rate, what it means to be a scientist has changed, conference hears
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Chinese research links with eastern Europe ‘growing rapidly’
There may be early signs of ‘New Silk Road’ efforts bearing fruit, but developments could raise questions about European unity
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Should academics get compulsory training in media law?
Academics must avoid publishing material that is defamatory or infringes on copyright − but how much support do they get to navigate the minefield that is social media?
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Sci-Hub ‘security risk’ claims irk open access advocates
Publishers warn that the pirate repository carries security risks, but critics say the threat is over-hyped to justify greater surveillance of researchers
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One in six international students in UK start course overseas
Research finds that China and Malaysia account for the largest number of international students coming to the UK through offshore partnerships
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Retail can teach universities a lot about digital competition
Rationalising online and in-person offerings and establishing mutually beneficial partnerships will be crucial, say Michael Braun and Scott Latham