Calling out microaggressions on campus should start at the top
Promoting awareness of the impact words can have on others will create a psychologically safe space where staff, students can thrive, says Melissa Carr
Promoting awareness of the impact words can have on others will create a psychologically safe space where staff, students can thrive, says Melissa Carr
Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch
The sudden rise of generative AI offers an opportunity for reflection and renewal of our scholarly values, say Ella McPherson and Matei Candea
If, as it must, engineering is to contribute to restoring the planet, it needs to attract holistic-thinking carers, says Tim Ibell
Opportunities that enhance employability and the student experience will boost both enrolments and donations, says Robert Phillips
Mutual support networks and mentoring can help more women attain senior positions, say Efthalia Chatzigianni and Bryony Whitmarsh
As battles over industrial relations and identity politics rage, higher education’s fault lines are increasingly a matter for the courts. Is anyone winning?
Unless vocational and higher education systems are better aligned, Australians will struggle to met the challenges of the future, say five researchers
With the University of Kent becoming the latest lower-tariff English university to mull course closures, students might be frozen out, says Becky Muradás-Taylor
The science secretary’s demand that UKRI take action against its EDI committee underlines how far UK science’s independence has slipped, says Fiona Fox
Beyond despair’s cold comfort lies the possibility of doing things differently, starting with what is within our own power, say Carl Rhodes and Alison Pullen
The document gestures to some key barriers, but Indigenous knowledge is valuable in itself, not just for improving outcomes, says Ian Anderson
Higher international fees for in-person courses are vital to universities, but online students can be charged the same wherever they live, says Tim Dunne
Academics are increasingly prioritising work-life balance. Peer review is one of the first commitments they drop, say Davor Pavlovic and Rebekah Gundry
The desire of bereaved parents to establish a statutory duty of care towards students is understandable – but for universities it remains a fraught issue