Academia needs to talk about ‘invisible’ disabilities
Extraordinary demand for a conference on how universities support staff with invisible disabilities highlights how ableism remains widespread in academia, argue Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown
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Dezső Horváth: master of business adaptation
Long-serving dean says institutions must teach ethics and diversify programmes to maintain demand for management education
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Will local or global win in French higher education?
Sciences Po’s dean of research reflects on the currents of change within her country’s university sector
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No platform epidemic is not a right-wing fantasy
Free Speech University Rankings coordinator Tom Slater says academics are peddling myths and smears to downplay the shocking level of censorship on campus
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Indian graduates ‘unprepared’ for workplace, study warns
Bournemouth University research reveals gap between expectations of employers and university curricula
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Jacobs aims to ‘raise quality’ of Australia’s university debate
Group of Eight chair aims to demonstrate that the benefits of higher education outweigh the costs
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Call for more expert training to stop campus sexual assaults
Most Australian university residences will not involve professionals in all student training this year, finds survey
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US bill aims to hold colleges to account for campus sexual abuse
Legislation would require university presidents to review all incidents of sexual misconduct perpetrated by employees
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National Taiwan University president-elect under fire
Concerns have been raised over how Kuan Chung-ming was selected as leader of Taiwan’s top university
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Canada puts £500 million into ‘innovation superclusters’
Government initiative funds five collaborations involving 60 academic institutions and more than 450 businesses
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High rent costs draining student maintenance loans, finds new research
Maintenance loans have not increased in line with the cost of living and so many students are left with little funds for other living expenses
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University governance reforms must go further
Nottingham Trent University’s chair of governors Neil Goulden explains why institutions need to do more to regain public esteem
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Women in gender-equal countries less likely to gain STEM degrees
More liberal environments may encourage women to follow their interests, psychologists suggest
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Top five apps for managing student finance
Managing your money is a vital life skill and students can turn to a handful of apps to track their spending, apply for scholarships and even save money for a rainy day
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Vice-chancellors ‘prepared to rethink’ USS pension reforms
Universities UK concedes that it might ‘have not considered every possible angle’, as strike action continues