Fired Chinese academics victims of US university ‘kangaroo court’
FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists
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Universities require root-and-branch overhaul to deliver SDGs
Academia needs a sweeping cultural change to create the conditions and skills it needs to fulfil its role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, says Peter Horton
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Universities worldwide unite to declare climate change emergency
Networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from six continents commit to action in research and teaching
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Code to tackle ‘ethics dumping’ gaining momentum
Uclan joins University of Cape Town in adopting rules to stamp out export of unethical research practices to poorer countries
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US university professor helps beat Trump on Twitter blocking
Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president
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Harvard fires fencing coach after admissions probe
The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father
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US Women’s World Cup victory is a goal for university athletics
Decades of investment in US collegiate athletic programmes have built global talent incubators for women’s football, says Sara Custer
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The need to do more with less is driving the mental health crisis
Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee
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UK universities ‘sleepwalking into environmental disaster’
Joy Carter says fellow v-cs must act on climate emergency and make sustainability integral to all teaching and a ‘way of life’ on campus
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Bias towards domestic leaders undermines ‘global market for talent’ talk
Data on nationality of presidents and vice-chancellors among top 400 institutions shows vast majority come from own system
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Hult Prize: solving the world’s social problems
A group of students from HEC Paris have entered the Hult Prize with a project to provide meaningful jobs for 10,000 young people in Africa
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Australia’s post-study work visa ‘doesn’t help land jobs’
Report sheds light on international graduates’ motivations for staying on
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Study or work? Students struggling either way
Housing and food costs interfering with study, Melbourne study finds
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Academics should stop being so sniffy about TED
Giving short online talks for a general audience offers benefits for individuals, subjects and the entire profession, says Kristen Sadler
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More clarity is needed over hybrid journals’ Plan S compliance
Recent confusion over The Lancet’s stance on green open access highlights the difficulty for support staff in preparing researchers for the new rules, says Alice Gibson