Time for universities to be ‘heroic’ on sustainability, says Crow
Academy ‘at the heart’ of humanity’s failures to get to grips with scale of the issue, warns president of Arizona State University
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Texas rows back on tenure changes but DEI ban voted through
Faculty groups say ‘we are already seeing staff and faculty leaving the state’ in response to proposed legislation
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Stay together or go alone? National pay bargaining reconsidered
System comes under strain during difficult period for industrial relations but most appear committed, despite some notable departures
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UK bans dependants, but will it stop there?
Controversial move to stop students bringing family members puts UK behind its rivals in international recruitment, but spiralling migration could lead to even more measures further down the line
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Taiwanese ‘merger’ seen as a model for struggling universities
Takeover of private institution by larger public one ‘holds lessons’ for sectors haemorrhaging students due to demographic decline
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To avoid ‘permacrisis’, universities must translate their knowledge
Science may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions – but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba
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US universities have spare capacity. Let’s use it for overseas students
While other nations are reaching saturation point, the US has the scope to derive greater benefit from international education, says Allan Goodman
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Australian university to ‘double’ on-campus housing
UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to ‘pounce’ on mid-year vacancies
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Dawn Freshwater: ‘knowledge equity’ can help drive SDG agenda
Auckland v-c wants to use Māori knowledge and research on misinformation to help tackle UN goals
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Visa crackdown shows why students shouldn’t be classed as immigrants
International students spend billions in the UK and the vast majority return home. So why do anti-immigration measures target them, asks Ben Moore
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Law student takes Oslo to court over unrecognised external credit
Legal backers say €40 million class action case could set precedent for universities in around 50 countries bound by the Lisbon recognition convention
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Collegiality helped me endure a rough ride from a columnist
Reaching out to a trusted community reminded Karen Spierling why she values academia enough to defend it in the public arena
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Universities must help make a world where George Floyds can flourish
Tackling racism within institutions is a crucial first step, says Nick Braisby, three years on from a murder that shook the world
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UCU members warned over ‘abuse’ as ‘unity’ congress begins
Activists meet in Glasgow to discuss industrial action next steps – but ongoing divisions threaten to derail unity message
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Health insurance rules ‘putting foreign students in danger’
Senators hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies