The week in higher education – 11 November 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Does the teaching of indigenous knowledge need to be examined?
New Zealand’s embrace of Māori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of Māori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the unintended consequences of this move being stifled...
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Addressing toxic behaviour is in universities’ interest
Quite apart from the injustice, institutions that fail to act on complaints undermine trust across entire disciplines, says Irina Dumitrescu
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11 November 2021 digital edition
Meeting of minds: how far should New Zealand’s embrace of indigenous knowledge go?
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No sector experience required for Australian university councils
University governance bodies an ‘outlier’ in Australia, with sectoral experience an oddity
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Call to overhaul harassment complaints after ‘Degrees of Abuse’
Handling multiple complaints against same alleged perpetrator separately often means pattern of behaviour is harder to spot, academics say
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Zahawi: LSE Israeli envoy protest ‘unacceptable intimidation’
University says ambassador’s event ran for scheduled duration
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Incentivise staff to take part in innovation, universities told
Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions’ commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out
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US universities ‘focus on diversity data and ignore racism’
In first policy conference since Covid and Floyd, state higher education leaders told they may be harming racial progress more than aiding it
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UK spending pledge may change minds over Horizon Europe exit
UK scientists may increasingly want to take the £7 billion for research offered by Treasury rather than wait for EU wrangling to finish, say research experts
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Academic fatigue over strikes leaves union facing uncertain path
Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn’t mask the unhappiness across sector
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More English universities sign up to IHRA antisemitism definition
OfS releases latest figures on universities adopting definition following ministerial pressure
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Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!
The crisis in peer reviewing can be overcome if journals and universities do more to incentivise it, say Dirk Lindebaum and Peter Jordan
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‘Signals positive’ for overseas students’ return, says UTS v-c
As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, ‘it’s the right time for us to shine’, says new head Andrew Parfitt
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Donelan and Olusoga top the agenda for THE Campus Live UK&IE
Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops