Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative boosting academic links?
Data on the growth of scholarly collaboration across Asia, the Middle East and eastern Europe suggest Beijing’s grand strategy could be having an impact
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UK progress on research spending goal ‘26 years behind schedule’
CBI warns country will not spend 2.4 per cent of gross domestic product on research and development until 2053
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Research assessment in New Zealand could be marked down
A review following the latest iteration of the PBRF could lead to radical changes that undermine the gains made, warns Roger Smyth
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Sponsorship of US sports coaches tied to student admissions
Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation
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Why I chose my university
How do you choose a university and, furthermore, how do you choose one abroad? Blogger Joe Peck offers some tips that helped him decide
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Winchester union members back strike action over job cuts
University says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies
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USS pension offer doesn’t go far enough, say UCU candidates
General secretary hopefuls want further concessions from pension scheme
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The economic value of going to university is not declining
Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market’s post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts
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Universities ‘uniquely’ prone to workplace abuse, union warns
New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ‘scientific sabotage’ in Dutch universities – with women particularly affected
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Malaysia debates future of race-based admissions quota
Experts question government decision to continue reserving 90 per cent of pre-university programme places to Malay majority
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Scientists ‘must be free to question the unquestionable’
Peter Ridd’s victory in unfair dismissal case raises questions about limits of scientific consensus
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Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic
US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results
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To close the student attainment gap universities must lead by example
The sector needs to share its successes and its failures to make progress, says Janet Beer
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New models ‘reshaping how historians write’
Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears
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Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law undermines the credibility of academic expertise
And opens up scholarly discourse to political tampering, says Linda Lim