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How China has ‘played long game’ to become global research leader
In-depth analysis finds country’s success down to continuity of funding and investment in early careers, but collaborations and original scientific discoveries still proving challenging
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New ‘candour’ law a ‘complete muddle’, say bereaved families
Campaigners believe UK legislation could stop cover-ups around student deaths at university – but only if ministers insist it applies to sector
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Most Chinese academics say security concerns affecting research
Scholars of Chinese heritage in Australia agree with the rationale for research security measures but not how they are implemented, survey finds
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Global Academic Reputation Survey 2027 launching soon
Survey results will help fuel Times Higher Education’s next series of rankings
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IIT Bombay student suicide highlights caste oppression
Brahmanical morality and neoliberalism combine to punish marginalised people while normalising elite transgressions, says Ankita Chatterjee
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Wider societal impact ‘is the reason we became academics’
Economists whose policy recommendations have just been adopted by the Treasury say it took years’ worth of work
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UCU members push to reignite education secretary dispute
Some in union adamant that move is only way of fighting university cuts despite legal advice warning of risks of potential action
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Danish deans back screening students from ‘high-risk’ countries
Background checks on undergraduates seen as way of reducing risk of accepting applicants who are being pressured by intelligence services
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Scholars launch their own review into Jason Arday appointment
Committee for Academic Freedom says its inquiry will not be ‘prejudged’ as it criticises ‘material change in emphasis’ in Cambridge’s own probe
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Merger cost-benefit analysis slated as ‘nonsense’
Critics slam consultant’s ‘flawed’ assumptions, ‘nice round numbers’ and reference errors ‘bearing the hallmarks of AI’
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Victoria vows to double elected membership of university councils
Students and staff to have more seats at the table, state government promises, ahead of fiercely contested election
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Prevent referral for student’s X post sparks free speech row
Royal Holloway student threatens legal action over decision to involve anti-terror authorities in investigation of his social media posts