Scottish cuts ‘based on incorrect assumption’ of overseas subsidy
University leaders warn of ‘deepening pain’ from latest cuts, amid ‘concerning headwinds’ on international recruitment
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Criticisms endure as US-Israel student exchange resumes
After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective
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EU drops limit on fixed-term contracts but sector concerns remain
Revised policy fails to address key causes of research career precarity, university leaders say
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Gay resignation must prompt reform of US university codes of conduct
Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph
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Paris students decry plans to use housing for Olympics
Supreme court rules student leases can be ended early despite legal challenge
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Has there been an exodus of academics from conservative states?
Difficulties finding new roles and uprooting families complicate desires to leave states such as Florida after political meddling
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The view from the bridge
Recent years have thrown up both predictable challenges and unforeseeable exogenous events at universities. What do sector leaders foresee in 2024?
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My favourite fictional academic
From satirical novels to US sitcoms and cop shows, academics have proved to be rich source material across many genres. Four writers argue the case for who can claim to be fiction’s greatest scholar
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Interview with Barbara Savage
The biographer of the first black American woman to study at Oxford discusses life in segregated schools in the South, why affirmative action still matters and ‘election-style’ efforts to unseat...
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Ethnic minorities rarely shown positively in lecture slides
Study explores under-researched aspect of ‘hidden curriculum’ that might affect racial inequalities at universities
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Grady: don’t make staff pay price for UK sector ‘cannibalisation’
Union ready to ‘robustly protect education’ amid widespread job cuts, as leader changes tone ahead of re-election battle
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Venture science doctorate reorientates PhDs towards start-ups
Reimagined PhD that provides students with business training and industry contacts is attracting interest from governments and science philanthropists
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The week in higher education – 4 January 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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If you’re worried about censorship, blame ‘adults these days’
Generation Z students may hold different views on risk, conflict and identity from prior cohorts, but who did they learn them from, asks Musa al-Gharbi