Indian universities must defend their students against political oppression
The BJP’s permeation of every aspect of higher education will hamper India’s ambitions to be a world leader in research and innovation, says Aditya Sharma
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Oxford physicist who was forced to retire reinstated by tribunal
University is also told to pay Paul Ewart almost £30,000 in compensation
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Japanese scholars fear further assaults on academic freedom
Yoshihide Suga’s rejection of appointees to the Science Council of Japan may be opening shot in ‘symbolic war’, says professor
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Quarter of citations in top journals ‘wrong or misleading’
Forensic analysis of citations within leading scientific periodicals reveals alarming lack of rigour in academic referencing
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Change male academics to create gender parity, universities told
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia, professor argues
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Business school academics: where is your career going?
Four archetypal career tracks exist for business school academics − management, research, academic entrepreneurship and teaching − and you probably need to choose one
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UK plans on student visas fail to empower entrepreneurialism
The government’s illogical restrictions deny the country a potential source of post-Brexit growth, argues Dylan Jones-Evans
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A tale of two viruses
As Covid-19 stalks student halls, universities are accused of allowing intolerance to infect ideals of academic freedom. But is the criticism fair?
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The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination, by Richard Evans
Robert Eaglestone has reservations about a pre-eminent historian’s analysis of the continuing myths about the Nazis
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Anonymise online courses ‘to protect students from foreign laws’
New guidance suggests UK universities could introduce Chatham House rule for seminars to protect recruits from countries with repressive governments
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England’s pre-Christmas lockdown plan ‘unworkable’
Department for Education says details on when universities must stop in-person teaching will be released ‘shortly’
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US universities’ new intakes shrink 16 per cent year-on-year
Freshers and international recruits stay away as overall enrolment drops 4 per cent
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University of Adelaide sponsored supplement digital edition
Produced by and paid for by the University of Adelaide
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Home Office ‘wants to work with UK sector on welcoming message’
Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches
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The week in higher education – 15 October 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media