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
Tributes paid to psychologist who was ‘the father of flow’
Why are so many on the identitarian left so quick to reduce differences of opinion to existential threats to marginalised groups, asks Umut Özkırımlı
While faculty, students and politicians protest, biggest US four-year system notes that it remains major bargain by nationwide measures
The astronomer discusses the discovery of stars that explode as supernovae, having his work replicated in Minecraft and the importance of public understanding to astrophysics
The 2028 exercise’s measurement of the quality of research environments will account for a quarter of overall marks. But what exactly does quality look like? Can it really be measured? And are there...
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Global index links downward trend over the past decade to accelerating and deepening decline in democracy
Tributes paid to ‘the best thing that’s happened to Cornell in the last half-century’
President believes that Waseda has already reformed in key ways, helping make its case for support under the country’s excellence initiative
The journalist and writer on choosing a ‘cool’ place to study, Luton Town’s ‘underdog’ story and becoming his hometown’s university chancellor
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Tributes paid to a scholar notable for ‘taking down the borders’ around the study of literature
Universities show the way on transforming leadership culture, tackling period poverty, boosting African science and promoting leading research during the pandemic