Pressure on Ashoka builds as intelligence services visit campus
Government steps up scrutiny of university over BJP-critical paper while academics urge Ashoka to reinstate its author
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Entry rate fall creates ‘strategic uncertainty’ in English sector
Admissions figures on track for ‘largest-ever fall’ in English student entry rate bring worries for universities accustomed to growth
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G20 nations are underutilising universities to tackle SDGs
THE report shows that higher education institutions have made huge strides in measuring their progress, but governments can make more of academic expertise
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Melbourne staff to strike for a week over pay and workloads
Union blames ‘recalcitrant’ executives for walkout but university says it has bargained ‘in good faith’ and negotiations have been slow elsewhere
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NSF seeks to tackle foreign partnership fears
US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations
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Does climate activism help or hinder an academic career?
Scientists involved in road-blocking and invading private jet terminals say they’ve lost out on promotions and been reported by students but others cite their protests in grant applications as forms...
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Political interference on campus is wasting India’s demographic dividend
Limits on free speech, funding cuts and political appointments at public universities risk squandering a golden opportunity to create a thriving higher education system, says Saikat Majumdar
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New SOAS institute moves Middle Eastern studies beyond conflict
Period of relative stability offers chance to reassess discipline but also risks world losing interest, says director
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Refund students for ‘dud’ degrees, Australian Liberal Party urges
A domestic university ranking system could hold universities to account for all aspects of their performance, says shadow education minister
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Australia cracks down on ‘dodgy’ international education players
While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular
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New federal rules ‘making university mergers more complicated’
Changes aimed at protecting students and taxpayers adding uncertainties that could lead to institutions closing rather than joining forces, experts warn
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Two-step grant applications ‘will transform’ Australian research
Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ‘take the politics out’ of grant decisions
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Conservative professor retires from Harvard, views untempered
After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision
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Dissatisfaction with exams and feedback ‘held back elites in NSS’
Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment
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Philippines’ higher education ‘more unequal despite reforms’
‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher