Humanities could change the world – if only they could change themselves
There are few professional roles that would not benefit from a broad and complex humanities foundation, says Harvey Graff
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Texas senators move to ban tenure and diversity initiatives
State Senate has already passed one of three bills that would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs, and ban what the legislation defines as...
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UCU marking boycott to go ahead after members reject offer
Academics to refuse to assess students’ work for an indefinite period, posing threat to this year’s graduations
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Harvard’s Bacow urges pushback against political threats
Outgoing president laments partisan attacks on academia as he is criticised for handing a major honour to top funder of Ron DeSantis
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Talking leadership: Annika Östman Wernerson on rebuilding trust
The rector of Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute takes charge of the world-leading medical school after the disruptions of a pandemic and an ethics scandal
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Problems with bank checks drive student visa refusals
Applicants from countries without differentiation agreements with the UK face battle to show they can support their studies financially
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Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings: a new framework
African rankings methodology looks beyond traditional research-focused metrics on teaching and research to include societal impact, writes Phil Baty
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Merge tertiary education funding models, Australian review told
Single system for accessing skills training and higher education would remove longstanding barriers between the two, lobby group claims
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Big university donors are distorting research agendas
Kenneth Griffin’s $300 million donation to Harvard is unusual in not being tied to pet ideological causes, says Naomi Oreskes
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Pakistani universities suspend operations amid soaring inflation
Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending
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Liberal arts education is not a Western concept
Ancient India and China were the first civilisations to educate young people to become whole individuals, says Kyaw Moe Tun
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Open access is not enough. We need open equity
Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill
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Kent students condemn ‘callous’ Brussels campus closure
UK’s ‘European university’ winds down operations at satellite site, blaming rising costs and recruitment challenges
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Cambridge University Press drops fees for low-income countries
Publishing giant announces list of more than 100 nations where open access charges will not apply
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Biden visit caps Ulster University’s post-Troubles transformation
Vice-chancellor hails US President's speech as giving the institution ‘fantastic prominence’ worldwide