A ban on political advocacy and remedial action for possession of ‘radical concepts’ could undermine the special administrative region’s universities, says Michael O’Sullivan
Australia’s move to performance-based funding must be better thought through than England’s TEF, say Gwilym Croucher and Kenneth Moore
Outpost’s £27 million loss in 2017-18 a ‘salutary lesson’ on the challenges associated with international ventures
London university will shut down site as part of new institutional strategyÂ
BMC Biology’s ‘portable peer review’ policy aims to save editors and researchers time and effort, but academics question whether authors will want to share details of past rejections
Despite widespread recognition of prevalence of errors in psychological research, academics remain reluctant to own up to their errors
Liz Carlile explains why the University of Sheffield has avoided giving unconditional offers to applicants who have yet to sit their exams
The success in attracting Erasmus+ students must be translated into more far-reaching and economically transformative initiatives, says Conrado BriceñoÂ
Separate classes, often in English, mean European students are failing to learn their host country’s tongue, new book finds
Office for Students pursues collation of data on contact hours and class sizes outside teaching excellence framework
Australian government is underestimating the challenge, analysts say
Matthew Reisz reflects on a sobering year in academic books that was thankfully enlivened by stories of Barbie dolls, chimpanzees and sex under socialism
UMBC’s success in producing black graduates who later earn science doctorates may prove tough to replicate
Foreign-born academics outperform US counterparts on numerous productivity measures, analysis shows
2018 was marked by strikes, pay scandals and the launch of the world’s first blockchain university