UK international postgraduate recruitment ‘slumps 44 per cent’
Sector body aims to head off moves against graduate visa, saying it has boosted international enrolments by 600,000 and UK economy by £60 billion
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Flagship access scheme ‘hampered by priority and funding shifts’
English regulator considers changes to nationwide outreach programme after report finds impact is patchy
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MeToo paper investigated as academic threatens legal action
Article on MeToo movement in Iran named researcher, who denies wrongdoing, as ‘serial abuser’
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Interview with Emily Wilson
Classics-loving British transplant to the Ivy League describes the joy of translating ancient texts just for the gift of the intellectual struggle
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‘Post-PhD transition fund’ urged to ease pressure on postdocs
Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report
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Overseas students still in Ukrainian limbo after two years of war
Computer science student says he can neither legally remain in Ukraine or leave the country after his visa was revoked
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The week in higher education – 29 February 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Will the global culture wars save the humanities or destroy them?
Attacks by the likes of Donald Trump and Narendra Modi on how the humanities are taught speak to the enduring political power of these subjects despite their precarity within the academy, says Saikat...
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The UK’s three-year probations are needless and counterproductive
Keeping highly trained people on tenterhooks for so long undermines the conditions necessary for innovation, says a university manager
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Opposition ‘welcomes’ accord debate but questions access drive
Coalition pledges to consider landmark Australian report ‘in detail’
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UK business schools say international recruitment plummeting
Overseas enrolment on postgraduate courses down at three-quarters of institutions responding to sector survey
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Australian tertiary education commission ‘could become a monster’
Best way to stop proposed oversight body going rogue is to avoid setting it up in the first place, conference hears
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Course closures bring risk of ‘humanities cold spots’
Development of ‘cold spots’ without arts and humanities programmes prompts calls for more strategic approach to university provision
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‘Fatphobia’ in the academy: the last acceptable prejudice?
Cornell University philosopher Kate Manne is calling out the discrimination – often blatant – faced by scholars deemed overweight
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Ben Sasse wins over Florida faculty with moderation and money
Former Republican senator wins praise for energy, ideas and willingness to engage on contentious issues