Strikes and protests sweep Australian campuses
Anger at some universities, exultation at others, as enterprise negotiations drag on
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Funding shortfalls for English students ‘to double by 2030’
Russell Group study says average top-up of undergraduate education costs could reach £5,000 per student per year by end of decade
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Tohoku alone to advance in Japan’s ¥10 trillion excellence scheme
Judges ask university to make changes to its proposal, including boosting international capacity and adjusting down expected growth figures
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Talking leadership: Kerstin Mey on using arts to reimagine education
University of Limerick president talks about putting in place university-wide structural changes to inspire cross-pollination between disciplines
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Fact-checker suspension ‘reflects mistrust’ of universities
Action against RMIT service comes as institutions support ‘yes’ vote in forthcoming Australian referendum
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Lockdown students have been let down by universities and regulators
Litigation over lockdown-affected degrees has highlighted how unfair contracts favouring universities offer scant consumer protection to students, say David Palfreyman and Dennis Farrington
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Trudeau’s science funding feint angers Canadian researchers
As high-profile event to deliver ‘major support’ fades, scientists already desperate for funding explode in disgust
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Nordic centre closure a ‘big blow’ to Asia studies
Scholars lament loss of ‘critical’ resource in Nordics at a time when knowledge of Asia is ‘increasingly important’
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Peter Salovey to leave Yale presidency at end of academic year
As majority of Ivy League transitions after Covid, social psychologist leaves his decade-long tenure with financial strength and labour challenges
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New Zealand universities flounder as lifeline pulled back
Things go from bad to worse for student-starved sector, with unexpended funds recycled one month and repossessed the next
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New rules of engagement in free speech battle
Revised freedom of speech guidelines are pushing universities to be both more active in heading off problems before they start, but also less political
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31 August 2023 digital edition
Burden of proof: Can the REF really measure research environment quality?
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Michigan restores internet after two-day security threat shutdown
Start-of-year outage affects 120,000 students, faculty and staff at major US institution with top cybersecurity programme
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Let’s not turn academia’s divine comedy into a tragedy
University managers’ doomed pursuit of unattainable ideals turns staff into martyrs who see work as sacrifice and suffering. It explains much about why so many feel stressed, harassed and miserable,...
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Interview with Kate Quigley
Molecular ecologist on moving around, moving genes around, how she juggles four concurrent positions and the importance of thinking before you act