The Netherlands’ cautious, common approach to teaching during the pandemic contrasts with the full reopenings planned by many UK and US universities. But what will students get out of it? And is even...
It’s been 26 years since apartheid ended, yet South African campuses were convulsed by protests against racism and inequitable university access as recently as four years ago. Much progress has...
Hampshire College bounces back from the brink
International collaborations should focus on building institutions rather than individuals, say Adam Habib and Imraan Valodia
Carrie Lam calls criticism ‘groundless’ and insists the city’s universities have academic freedom
Those planning new universities might think that a good institution will attract top staff wherever it is located. But is the quality of the environment beyond the ivory tower really so insignificant...
Scandal-driven ousting brings reflection to campus steeped in partisanship and power
‘Every young student of science has had a fantasy about winning a Nobel prize,’ says one laureate – and ever more rival prizes are being established. But with a cast of thousands currently pursuing...
Education secretary signals rebalancing towards further education in England after shift in nature of Tory electoral support
It is those who commit research misconduct – not those who expose them – that damage science, according to David Sanders. But while the biologist has embraced the role of data detective thrust upon...
Schools of government have traditionally employed a technocratic approach to preparing public officials. But with polarisation straining political systems to breaking point, Paul Basken reports on...
The University of Cambridge’s inaugural professor of the psychology of education and mental health talks about switching from sport to science and why it’s so important to research education and...
Universities’ reputations will increasingly be driven by their work related to sustainable development, says Stuart McCutcheon
Pace of disruptive change is falling, claims book by Oxford geographer, who says virus crisis could herald a kinder form of politics
Both are too resource-intensive to be sustainable during this crisis, and their objectives can be achieved through other measures, argues Dorothy Bishop