To avoid 鈥榩ermacrisis鈥, universities must translate their knowledge
Science聽may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions 鈥 but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba
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US universities have spare capacity. Let鈥檚 use it for overseas students
While other nations are reaching saturation point, the US has the scope to derive greater benefit from international education, says Allan Goodman
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Australian university to 鈥榙ouble鈥 on-campus housing
UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to 鈥榩ounce鈥 on mid-year vacancies
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Dawn Freshwater: 鈥榢nowledge equity鈥 can help drive SDG agenda
Auckland v-c wants to use M膩ori knowledge and research on misinformation to help tackle UN goals
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Visa crackdown shows why students shouldn鈥檛 be classed as immigrants
International students spend billions in the UK and the聽vast majority return home. So why do anti-immigration measures target them, asks Ben Moore
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Law student takes Oslo to court over unrecognised external credit
Legal backers say 鈧40 million class action case could set precedent for universities in around 50 countries bound by the Lisbon recognition convention
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Collegiality helped me endure a rough ride from a columnist
Reaching out to a trusted community reminded Karen Spierling why she values academia enough to defend it in the public arena
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Universities must help make a world where George Floyds can flourish
Tackling racism within institutions is a crucial first step, says Nick Braisby, three years on from a murder that shook the world聽
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UCU members warned over 鈥榓buse鈥 as 鈥榰nity鈥 congress begins
Activists聽meet in Glasgow聽to discuss industrial action next steps 鈥 but聽ongoing divisions threaten to derail unity message
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Health insurance rules 鈥榩utting foreign students in danger鈥
Senators聽hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies
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How to transform universities into nature positive institutions
The University of Oxford is assembling a global coalition to improve the sector鈥檚 impact on biodiversity
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Braverman axing compulsory degrees for police starts 鈥榖ackwards step鈥
Academics warn of damage to progress on equipping聽officers for modern-day policing and creating a 鈥榖ona fide profession鈥
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Iran鈥檚 child-bearing directive is a threat to public health
The banning of scientific messages about risks in pregnancy is yet another damaging imposition on academia, says聽Roohola Ramezani
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Grade inflation rules could cost 拢100 million a year, OfS warned
Revised聽conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts
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Simon Schama: 鈥楧o you think I鈥檇 be allowed to write that book now?鈥
As his new book on pandemics is published, the UK鈥檚 best-known historian tells Matthew Reisz that identity politics is inhibiting history, nationalism only intensifies during global crises, and a...