Block-taught students might be satisfied but are they employable?
Staff fear not only for their own research time but also for students’ long-term retention of information, says a De Montfort academic
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The week in higher education – 9 May 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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How to meet students’ soaring mental health needs without soaring funding
Sandy Welsh and Cheryl Regehr explain how the University of Toronto used leadership, partnerships, service tools and research to revolutionise its provision without recruiting vast armies of...
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Legislate to protect academics from trade rules, Australia told
Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear
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Why do some academics review so many journal papers?
The strange cases of scholars churning out several reviews a day are perplexing, given the lack of obvious rewards for such prodigious output
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Chinese pay lion’s share of master’s fees at top UK universities
Estimates suggest Russell Group’s Chinese fee income has quadrupled in recent years
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Professor created ‘culture of fear’ at Dutch university
Investigation finds research careers create ‘perverse incentives’ that cause academics to ‘lose sight of boundaries’
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Private universities law will stem Greek diaspora, minister says
Kyriakos Pierrakakis tells THE that controversial reforms will help to make country a higher education destination
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Cap overseas student numbers and scrap graduate visa, says report
Right-wing thinktank argues government, not universities, should be put in control of student visa numbers to ‘reduce the potential for abuse’
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Australia needs an international strategy. The accord offers nothing
The final report’s scant recommendations and mooted interventions are uninspiring, unhelpful and, at times, alarming, says Michael Wesley
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Young University Rankings 2024: methodology
Using 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators, we provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons to rank global universities created since 1974
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Extend researcher sanctuary scheme to Palestinians, MPs urge
Researchers at Risk programme currently limited to Ukrainian scholars
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Post-Cass, promoting accurate data should never be seen as partisan
My government-commissioned review is seeking examples of barriers to research on sex and gender faced by UK-based individuals, says Alice Sullivan
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US colleges face ‘perfect storm’ on international recruitment
Nafsa head says universities must recruit more proactively as election looms, competition mounts and unrest grips campuses