Unconditional fail
Much of the problem in “As the lowest rise, so too do fears of grade inflation” (News, 5 April) is not because of grade inflation but the issue of the “unconditional for all” approach seen in much of...
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Lookalike v-cs ‘deter academic talent from staying in Australia’
Leaders from Anglo-Celtic and European backgrounds fail to reflect diversity of campuses, says report
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CEU head: academic freedom must be seen as good for wider society
Michael Ignatieff says higher education will lose battle against authoritarianism if scholars’ rights are seen only as ‘a corporate privilege’
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UK business schools increasingly reliant on EU for research cash
Domestic funding for business and management research down a quarter in real terms in six years
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Report lifts lid on cost of subscription deals with publishers
A switch to open access could save hundreds of millions of euros, says analysis from the European University Association
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‘Real-time’ review of REF 2021 to track impact of reforms
Funding administrating body aims to survey 600 researchers across four universities to examine effects felt by reforms made to the assessment
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ResearchGate still infringing copyright, publishers say
Battle between publishers and academic social network deadlocked
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South Korean officials force closure of US-Korea research centre
Seoul pulls funding from Johns Hopkins centre, sparking row over interference
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Madrid leader ‘must quit’ over degree favouritism claims
Head of Spanish capital's local government investigated over accusations related to her master’s degree
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Rape claim against professor sparks China's #MeToo moment
Universities forced to act after case of Gao Yan, who killed herself after alleged rape in 1998, leads to national outcry
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Growth slump for Australian pathway colleges
Private college enrolments add to worrying signs for Australian international education