Transforming in three dimensions: challenges of digital innovation in HE
Digital transformation is inevitable, but as a Times Higher Education gathering heard, getting it right is complex and fraught with challenges
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King’s challenged over EDI requirement in promotion process
University discriminating against those with gender-critical beliefs, bringing it into conflict with new free speech rules, legal opinion states
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Challenging racism takes time – but UCU is doing it
We won’t stop until staff and members in every branch, every department and every team feel that they are treated fairly and equally, says Jo Grady
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UCU challengers: the candidates trying to unseat Jo Grady
Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sides
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For open monographs, collective library subscription is the key
These initiatives don’t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create institutional or disciplinary divides, say Anthony Cond and Jane Bunker
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Pakistan’s new government must wake up to the education emergency
Young people are leaving the country in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi
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Identity-specific jobs adverts are discriminatory. Why can’t we say so?
While well intentioned, reserving positions for under-represented groups only takes us further away from the colour-blind ideal, says an academic
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Colleges warily welcome Biden rules on campus sexual assaults
Colleges and universities grateful that president is restoring their control over sexual misconduct hearings, but warn about speed and frequency of change
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Engineering departments must recruit non-STEM students
If, as it must, engineering is to contribute to restoring the planet, it needs to attract holistic-thinking carers, says Tim Ibell
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Lessons to be learned
A lack of long-term, sustainable policymaking is crippling universities, and the same mistakes are afflicting those involved in teacher education
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Universities should not hide in ‘year of elections’
Higher education might not be doorstep issue for voters but the importance of universities in tackling the world’s biggest problems has never been higher, argue Amanda Broderick and Patrizio Bianchi
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Labour tipped to ‘lean on’ research budget to boost growth
Shadow chancellor’s regional productivity agenda could be driven by devolving parts of R&D funding or creating new kinds of institutions, say experts
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Learning behind bars: the shifting fortunes of prison education
While US prison reform campaigners celebrate reversal of 30-year ban on incarcerated students accessing Pell Grants, counterparts in England and Wales express concern that government inaction has...
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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?