Florida law threatens faculty unions
Legislation that places new conditions on union membership and funding already having an impact
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Reducing research time is an attack on academic freedom
Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish
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Quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates
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The shape of rankings to come
We’re gathering data on interdisciplinary science and online learning, and making improvements to some of our existing rankings, to capture insights on more of the work that universities do, says THE...
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Republicans push new federal limits on US academia
Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states
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Mass walkout from top gender journal over new editors
While critics decry ‘attack on academic freedom and integrity’, publisher says new blood prevents journal from becoming ‘insular’
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Party city to tech hub: Miami’s shift bodes well for university
University of Miami president Julio Frenk explains how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida
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Canada signals some leeway on international student visa caps
With Trudeau government emphasising visa limits tied to applications and housing availability, more established institutions gain some reassurance
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Kent faces £31 million deficit as cost of living drives dropouts
University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact
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Is it time for Ukraine’s exiled academics to return?
Two years on from Russia’s invasion, displaced institutions are still teaching in temporary premises and online, while many researchers work abroad. But with a host of urgent quality problems to...
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A challenging year for university reputation management
Geopolitical tensions and freedom of speech issues are testing universities the world over. To successfully manage their reputations, they must avoid getting distracted by all the noise, says Mark...
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‘Stark decline’ in academic freedom: four in 10 face restrictions
Academic freedom is particularly at risk in countries with pronounced social and political polarisation, report says
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Universities’ gender pay gaps ‘double the tertiary average’
While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’
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Australia’s accord could be more ambitious on Indigenous participation
The document gestures to some key barriers, but Indigenous knowledge is valuable in itself, not just for improving outcomes, says Ian Anderson
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Gaps between female share of professoriate and rest of workforce
Twenty-three UK universities have gaps larger than 20 percentage points between proportion of academics overall who are female and their share of professoriate