US campuses vow push on racial equity after Supreme Court ruling
Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism
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US Supreme Court blocks affirmative action in admissions
Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments
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Nobelist: scientific success ‘no barrier’ to work-life balance
Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time
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ÌÇÐÄVlog Office ‘treats asylum seekers as numbers’, says academic
Malka Al-Haddad fled her academic career in Iraq more than 10 years ago
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French research reforms ‘must tackle distrust’ in divided system
Suspicion at all levels of France’s hybrid research system means resources and national influence are closely guarded. Fresh proposals to raise quality and stem brain drain face an uphill struggle as...
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Trans row: v-c’s email about vandalism ‘made staff feel unsafe’
Union president at transgender row university backs action against ‘bigots’, but draws the line at property destruction
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UK degree withdrawals pass 30,000 this academic year
Figures show that 2.1 per cent of all students withdrew from their studies by end of MayÂ
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Will the new REF rules level the playing field for the arts?
Challenges for practice research reflect broader issues around knowledge production and academic hierarchies, say Bill Balaskas and Katia Chornik
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Marking boycott ends at Queen’s Belfast as local deal agreed
UCU branch is first to settle dispute locally with frustration mounting at national impasse
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Universities want €200 billion research budget for next Horizon
Calls for EU politicians to trim fat from next framework programme, better protect its budget from raiding for pet projects and create a new category for Switzerland and the UK
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I’m a victim of ‘anti-male bias’ in science, says Nobel chemist
Switzerland’s Kurt Wüthrich clashes with female researcher after he claimed he was discriminated against at major conference
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Three hundred jobs face axe at Melbourne university
Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies
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Diversity not essential for research excellence – Nobel pioneer
Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science
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Beatings, lockouts, lawsuits: student journalism in Indonesia
While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed
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New Zealand university funding lifeline ‘welcome but not enough’
Critics say a temporary boost, in the form of money that had been earmarked for universities anyway, will not compensate for starvation rations