‘Cliquey’ governing bodies rely on ‘corporate boardroom ideology’
Interviews with council members suggest ‘business realists’ dominate and chairs are ‘too matey with senior management’, says CDBU report
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How will universities fare in 2024’s ‘year of elections’?
As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, Times Higher Education journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it...
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The Netherlands’ new science policy is unevidenced, undebated and risky
Previous output is by far the best predictor of future success, but has become far less important for Dutch funding allocation, says Raymond Poot
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Open University failed to protect gender-critical scholar – judge
Tribunal rules criminologist Jo Phoenix was forced out of institution, which was ‘fearful’ about being seen to support gender-critical beliefs
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Norwegian minister resigns over plagiarism allegations
Sandra Borch apologises for making ‘big mistake’ while completing her master’s thesis
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Canada to cut new international student visas by a third
Trudeau administration acts after long warning that it won’t tolerate abuses by private campuses and resulting housing shortages
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California State faculty set for week-long strike in pay dispute
Largest US public university system, saying it can’t afford union demands, plans to keep classes open during walkout
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UWA silent as judge rules academic lied and subverted science
‘I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,’ says ruling
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UCU challengers: the candidates trying to unseat Jo Grady
Union members voting on who should be next general secretary, with incumbent under pressure from all sides
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Lifelong learning ‘needs bespoke courses, not repackaged degrees’
Difficulties experienced during OfS short-course trial show universities will have to work far harder to attract students, say sector leaders
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Australia can teach England how to reboot widening access
A reinforced focus on access and participation plans belies the collaboration that makes a real difference, say Graeme Atherton and Philip Dent
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Student poaching should be banned – even if that probably won’t stop it
Stealing other people’s research students corrupts collegiality, the cornerstone of academic life, says T. Prabhakar Clement
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Government influence on university events ‘concerning’, says MP
Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’
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Ukraine’s post-war recovery will depend on lifelong learning
Making good the human capital losses resulting from Russia’s invasion will be vastly easier if the existing workforce can be reskilled, says Alexander Kostyuk
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V-c paid £515K for five-month stint at University of Law
Craig Mahoney’s remuneration, including £340,000 compensation for loss of office, equivalent to about £4,500 a day