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21 August

‘Untested’ legal issues loom for OfS’ new free speech scheme

21 August

Threat to US-China partnerships ‘damaging for both’

21 August

The teaching of human rights law must adapt to its rampant flouting

Situating the law and its concerns in their historical, political, sociological and cultural contexts is more relevant than ever, says Noam Schimmel

By Noam Schimmel

21 August

Demonstrators from various student groups, holding banners and flags, attend a protest rally in Kolkata to support the NEET protest organised by the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ in Delhi and the demand for the resignation of India’s education minister.

Will higher education prove to be the BJP’s Achilles heel?

20 August

Chasing perfection is a fool’s errand for PhD students

20 August

World University Rankings 2027 participation hits new heights

UK slips down to fifth most-represented country as US, India and Turkey lead on number of ranked institutions

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Events

THE World Academic Summit 2026

29 September - 1 October 2026

Cape Town, South Africa

To get started with interdisciplinarity, ask: what’s the problem?

By Yuzhuo Cai

DOJ whistleblowers allege university probes politically motivated

By Ryan Quinn

21 August

Threat to US-China partnerships ‘damaging for both’

21 August

Cybersecurity threat delays start of classes at UT San Antonio

By Kathryn Palmer

20 August

Nearly half of colleges haven’t submitted student outcomes data

By Jessica Blake

19 August

UCU calls on Sheffield vice-chancellor to resign

21 August

‘Untested’ legal issues loom for OfS’ new free speech scheme

21 August

Reform pledges to end public subsidies for ‘woke nonsense’ degrees

20 August

University suspends academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism

20 August

Will higher education prove to be the BJP’s Achilles heel?

By Saikat Majumdar

20 August

New tools help detect fraudulent images in scientific papers

20 August

‘No easy way to deal with it’: Taiwan enrolments to slump again

18 August

‘Dirty politics’ dividing Bangladesh’s top universities

14 August

International education giant IDP sees shares tumble

21 August

Funding bill revised to stop Canberra defunding courses

20 August

Canberra cancels foreign teaching and research deals

19 August

Australian visa fees ‘paying for domestic reforms’ – minister

18 August

News

Firth Court, University of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England

UCU calls on Sheffield vice-chancellor to resign

Union passes vote of no confidence in executive board over high workloads and job insecurity

21 August

Striking cleaners hold a noisy early morning march around the buildings and halls of residence at UCL

‘Untested’ legal issues loom for OfS’ new free speech scheme

Campaign groups say regulator should expect influx of cases, but many academics are still not aware that the long-delayed complaints scheme is set to launch

21 August

Threat to US-China partnerships ‘damaging for both’

US institutions told they could lose funding if they retain links with foreign universities deemed risk to national security

21 August

International education giant IDP sees shares tumble

21 August

University suspends academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism

20 August

Reform pledges to end public subsidies for ‘woke nonsense’ degrees

20 August

Pay rises in UK universities on hold as unions consider strikes

By Juliette Rowsell

20 August

New tools help detect fraudulent images in scientific papers

20 August

Funding bill revised to stop Canberra defunding courses

20 August

Students left in the dark as psychotherapy academy goes bust

By Juliette Rowsell

20 August

UKRI urged to loosen funding rules for new research bodies

19 August

Round lecture hall and recording booths: inside new Bristol campus

By Georgia Luckhurst

19 August

Will higher education prove to be the BJP’s Achilles heel?

Narendra Modi’s centralisation of power means that his government takes all of the blame when things go wrong. The success of the cockroach movement reflects how the Indian youth’s hopes for a better future have become inextricably tied to a deeply flawed system of national examinations, writes Saikat Majumdar

20 August

A woman touching a giant robot hand that looks like it is coming from the centre of a storm. To illustrate whether universities embracing AI is undermining their net-zero targets.

Is universities’ AI embrace undermining their net-zero targets?

Amid all the debates about student employability and academic integrity, the question of how AI mandates square with universities’ commitments to addressing climate change has been largely neglected. Juliette Rowsell reports

Person reaching for money from a tree that also contains books. To illustrate students seeing a degree as a credential for employment.

If students are seeking jobs more than knowledge, HE must respond

The right question is not whether degrees produce earnings. It is whether higher education produces knowledge, capability, opportunity and social contribution in a changing economy, says Peng Zhou

Opinion

By Noam Schimmel

The teaching of human rights law must adapt to its rampant flouting

Situating the law and its concerns in their historical, political, sociological and cultural contexts is more relevant than ever, says Noam Schimmel

21 August

Chasing perfection is a fool’s errand for PhD students

Neuroscientist Claudia Schrauwen says doctoral students are too eager to apologise for the limitations of their research rather than celebrate what they have found

Reshaping universities to suit the untested AI economy is wrong

Rush to integrate artificial intelligence indiscriminately across the curriculum ignores the true purpose of higher education, say Jelena Belic and Kritika Maheshwari

Banning student AI use will let original thinking flourish again

By Deborah D. Rogers

18 August

Gen Z’s embrace of Nolan’s Odyssey is a boon to scholarship

By Robert Zaretsky

17 August

The Arday affair shows the danger of treating criticism as injury

By Ian Pace

14 August

Admissions on predicted A-level grades look foolish in AI era

By Gianina Harvey-Brewin

13 August

World policy

An Iranian professor wags his finger at students

Iranian universities are punishing students for political views

Since the war began, increasing numbers of dissenting students have been dragged through disciplinary procedures, says Roohola Ramezani

Editor’s pick

Jason Arday at THE Live in Birmingham 2024

On Jason Arday: many things can be possible at the same time

The man I met was kind and engaging. While the questions we asked of him were justified, that doesn’t make his death any less tragic, writes Tom Williams

I was reported to police over the Arday case. I was just doing my job

My investigation into alleged plagiarism was undertaken seriously – journalistic enquiries should not be a matter for Scotland Yard, writes THE reporter Jack Grove

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Talking leadership

By Helen Packer

‘I thought I couldn’t lecture with a stammer – now I’m a v-c’

University of Bedfordshire’s new vice-chancellor warns financial instability and policy changes could jeopardise the progress made on supporting disabled students into higher education

5 August

Joseph Cherian, chief executive and dean of the Asia School of Business (ASB) with the campus in Kuala Lumpur added behind.

Asian business schools need local focus to succeed, says dean

Institutions must contextualise teaching and research rather than copying what happens in the West, argues head of Asia School of Business

31 July

Anthony McClaran on seeing regulation from both sides

Departing leader of St Mary’s reflects on how Teqsa differs from OfS, maintaining proportionality in regulation and ensuring smaller institutions can stand out despite pressures towards homogeneity