Statements on public comment would help leaders navigate fraught issues
Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch
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Professor sacked by Max Planck Society over Israel comments
Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories
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Bemoaning students’ need to work is short-sighted and counterproductive
Students see benefits to paid work beyond the money, but they would welcome help in advocating for better pay and conditions, say six academics
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Social science impact demands faster publishing and more reproducibility
Timeliness and rigour are vital, but the publishing and incentives systems are not set up to deliver them, says Meron Wondemaghen
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The OfS’ free speech guidance for English universities goes too far
The regulator’s example scenarios fail to acknowledge the harm that even lawful speech can cause on campus, say Naomi Waltham-Smith and James Murray
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PowerPoint overuse will be the death of student employability
If slides substitute for note-taking, students will not develop vital skills. Let’s not underestimate their ability to develop them, says Tobiasz Trawiński
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Hope in short supply as election looms
Universities are in a funding cul-de-sac, blocked in by negative rhetoric about their role and value. Will a likely change of government provide a way out?
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Courting controversy
As battles over industrial relations and identity politics rage, higher education’s fault lines are increasingly a matter for the courts. Is anyone winning?
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‘Case for Colonialism’ professor hired by New College of Florida
Author of controversial book and journal paper takes up one-year ‘presidential scholar’ post after institutional takeover by allies of Ron DeSantis
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Soft power pioneer: policy clout loses edge outside government
After a career spent switching between academia and the White House, Joseph Nye admits that returning to Harvard left him feeling flat
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A success recast as a great mistake
Across the Western world, decades of growth in university participation are being repainted as a policy error as funding woes come to a head
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Institutional neutrality is not a cold cop-out: it is vital in polarised times
Academic leaders should stay out of politics to encourage debate and promote expertise, says Daniel Diermeier
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Context is as important to plagiarism as to antisemitism accusations
Claudine Gay did not plagiarise, and those who add her to the list of leaders who did ignore the hostile context of the accusations, says Harvey Graff