Academics must help prepare ministers to make better decisions
The Covid Inquiry underlines the need to train political leaders to identify the best options under pressure, says former NAO director David Finlay
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Liz Magill quits as UPenn president in antisemitism comments row
Former Virginia provost had been criticised for failing to directly answer whether student protesters calling for genocide of Jews would be in breach of university code of conduct
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Qatar universities report spike in applications after World Cup
‘Branding opportunity of a lifetime’ raises awareness of Gulf state’s campuses
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Most international students worried about cost of living
Vietnamese students the most concerned with the cost of living and course fees, while Nigerians most worried about immigration process
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Nevada university gunman ‘was academic who failed to get job’
Anthony Polito, a former business school academic, killed at scene in Las Vegas
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ETH Zurich plans German campus with donations from foundation
Swiss university will also establish 20 new professorships, funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation
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Long-term research funding ‘essential’, say European universities
EUA says Brussels must stop dipping into Horizon Europe budget to fund other short-term priorities
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Penn president under siege after Gaza war Congress testimony
Magill gets minimalist endorsement after sudden trustees meeting, as she and Harvard and MIT leaders face criticism over students defending Palestinians
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Canada doubles international student wealth requirement
Federal immigration minister also warns provinces and campuses they ‘will not like’ his penalties if students from abroad aren’t treated better
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Scholars see politics behind Iran’s India branch campus move
University of Tehran plans outposts in India, Iraq, Syria and Georgia, plus closer ties with Russia and China
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New NIH chief promises greater diversity on medical trials
Monica Bertagnolli, former Harvard surgeon, sees critical moment to improve both equity and accuracy in multibillion-dollar study investments
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Australia’s international student enrolments ‘set to decline’
Despite record earnings, commencements and visa lodgements, analyst predicts ‘readjustment’
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The demise of modern languages has been greatly exaggerated
Aberdeen’s proposal to slash its provision belies positive recent developments, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley
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THE Awards 2023: winners announced
Anglia Ruskin and Dame Nancy Rothwell take top prizes at ‘Oscars of higher education’
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UK ‘will get university sector it can fund’, UEA v-c warns
Current business model not sustainable for more than two to three years, according to David Maguire