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Vice-chancellors must challenge populist ideas around who belongs to the nation and whether equity goals can end at its borders, says Srila Roy

Despite policy pushes, joint degrees remain a regulatory maze. The new European Degree might be the solution, says Kurt Willems

A lack of financial incentives, on top of academic freedom concerns, is likely to put off many overseas institutions, says Saikat Majumdar 

The Armenian government’s aborted attempt to amalgamate three universities has left a bad taste, says Karine Harutyunyan

Central government representatives are increasingly rejecting candidates selected by political foes in state governments, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Iranian academia was previously going through a phase of chronic depression in terms of socio-political activism, says Roohola Ramezani

The EU and the AU’s new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski

While students are exempt from Russia’s mobilisation, African students’ financial precarity leaves them open to pressure, says Ararat Osipian

The country’s cultural deference to authority means students lack the courage and the motivation to challenge current thinking, says Aus Abdulwahhab

What the country really needs is a common school and evaluation system that compensates for background inequalities, says Gowhar Rashid Ganie

Fine words in support of academic freedom are welcome, but deeds are also required, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

Ambitious plans announced at China’s National Congress will push elite universities towards supporting research spin-offs and graduate start-ups, says Hao Ni

Making appropriate decisions is difficult for students when information is scarce and inaccurate, say Kaibalyapati Mishra and Krishna Raj 

The economic downturn is beyond their control, but degree programmes could be better tailored to industrial need, says Wu Keming

The latest bribery scandal is a reminder that even as the country fights for its survival, bad habits persist, says Ararat Osipian

Studying images, rather than texts, would allow history students to better grasp colonised peoples’ agency, says Apurba Chatterjee

But affordability holds these non-profit innovators back from fully competing with top public institutions, say Philip Altbach and Eldho Mathews

The push for lifelong learning should revive the ‘I can’t decide which of these exciting subjects to study next’ model of learning, says Andy Grayson

University managers’ role in industry collaboration should be that of cheerleader and facilitator – not auditor, says Chani Imbulgoda

A two-year hiatus in educational activities following the military coup is threatening the country's post-conflict future, says a professor in Yangon

The University of Juba has emerged strong from decades of turmoil, topped by a pandemic. But other institutions are suffering, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok

Meeting the continent’s need for more doctoral graduates is hampered by a lack of resources and qualified supervisors, says Teklu Abate Bekele

Resignations from the Australia India Institute suggest that politicisation of university management is not confined to the mainland, says Mukhtar Ahmad

In Sri Lanka, an increase in the number of clerical staff has been accompanied by a downturn in quality, says Chani Imbulgoda

New programmes must dovetail with higher technical qualifications and higher apprenticeships, says Graham Baldwin

Links to journals’ genuine websites should be added to the government’s database of reputable publishing outlets, says Rameez Mahesar

Unreliable internet connections and underdeveloped pedagogies will blunt the potential impact of online options, says Mukhtar Ahmad 

Emilia Åžercan has exposed a vast array of senior public officials for plagiarising their theses, writes Július Kravjar

The 10-year Idex process to reconfigure French universities and make them more internationally visible has reached its conclusion, writes John Ludden

The attempt to improve the country’s universities was stuttering even before the war broke out, says Ararat Osipian

A scandal over unfair appointments of lecturers to the civil service should spark a broader pushback against nepotism, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung 

Requiring 60 per cent of graduates to go into managerial or professional roles ignores the reality of creative careers, says Bashir Makhoul

Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski

Adapting and adopting US approaches to commercialisation offer an opportunity for the UK, says Chris Loryman

Enlisting miscreants to help improve understanding of contract cheating, as part of their punishment, could be a way forward, says Kholah Yaruq Malik

Funding for green campuses, levelling up and international links would be a gift from Santa Rishi Sunak to himself, too, says Nick Isles

Diversifying income stream also makes institutions less exposed to possible government cuts, say Ian Matthias and Mike Boxall

The country’s conservative government is wary of academia’s social influence and values, but a ministerial letter offers hope, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

Both industry and academia in New Zealand need people who can look past traditional subject boundaries, says Catherine Whitby

Would a seventh European Court ruling against Rome really force a change in attitude, asks David Petrie

Despite their above-average employability, engineering students are hampered by poor-quality provision, says Pushkar

When observance of university rules is subservient to internal political considerations, standards and fairness suffer, says Afroz Shah

A pan-European document could also boost institutional autonomy, budgets, policy visibility and common problem-solving ability, says Jan Palmowski

Amid languishing quality, introducing what could be a more expensive curriculum to deliver may not boost employability, says Pushkar

The EU’s massive cash injection with double Italy’s languishing higher education budget, says Ferruccio Resta

Even with automated translation technology, perfecting course materials in multiple languages will take time, says Mukhtar Ahmad

The election of the University of Ghana’s first female vice-chancellor has been overshadowed by unwanted political meddling, says Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua

Any savings on the student loan book will be dwarfed by the costs of making retraining harder, says Jo Johnson 

Dharmendra Pradhan faces an uphill struggle to implement the new National Education Policy, says Mukhtar Ahmad

A post-qualification applications system is the best way to ensure equity in admissions, says Sasha Roseneil

Initiatives on mental health and sexual harassment are welcome, but racial discrimination also demands greater attention, says David Mba

Software tools need to be properly valued for their vital role in facilitating research, say Bilal Mateen and Tariq Khokhar

When the country embarks on recovery from its brutal second Covid wave, public spending on universities is unlikely to be a priority, says Pushkar 

Policy should focus more on research’s benefits to a region than on where it is conducted, say Sarah Chaytor, Grace Gottlieb and Graeme Reid

Downgrading doctoral candidates to a master’s track raises questions about admissions and supervision standards, says Zhang Ruomei

A decline in admissions standards suggests that foreign outposts will have to up their marketing game, says Hongqing Yang

Poor incentives and oversight mean too many doctoral supervisors are unqualified or negligent, say Mehvish Riaz and Muhammad Rizwan Riaz

Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar

The promise of the new lifelong learning loan allowance is undermined by the insistence on separate and impermeable tracks, says Tim Blackman

Pakistan’s labour shortages illustrate that well-rounded graduates also need to be properly prepared for specific industries, says Tahir Shah