India’s lack of research universities hinders its academic freedom
The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage, says Saikat Majumdar
The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage, says Saikat Majumdar
Government steps up scrutiny of university over BJP-critical paper while academics urge Ashoka to reinstate its author
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The narrative that the humanities are haemorrhaging students, funding and political favour is deeply felt around the world. But the evidence of the disciplines’ decline is considerably more nuanced,...
Indian universities have seen numerous cases of discrimination against students from oppressed castes, sometimes even leading to suicide. With international student mobility only set to increase,...
Data from Times Higher Education suggest some countries may be falling behind on the number of academics in non-STEM areas
Mounting workloads and mushrooming publication output are making the task of staying abreast of the latest developments in the literature ever more difficult for academics. Here, eight researchers...
Narratives of decline fail to take account of the recent revival of the liberal arts in India, says Saikat Majumdar
The relationship between PhD students and their supervisors is often said to be the most intense in the academy, with huge implications for student success. Yet most supervisors receive little if any...
The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most
Scholars divulge which treasured possession they would rescue from their office before heading for the emergency exit if a fire broke out on campus
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal the books they’ll be reading over the summer break – for work or pleasure or both – in part two of our annual round-up of holiday reads
Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism