Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home
In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees
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Phakeng’s future at Cape Town in balance amid suspension reports
Fate of vice-chancellor set to be decided at crunch meeting, with student protests also disrupting start of academic year
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Students resist returning to campus after Michigan State shooting
University leadership attempts to restart in-person operations but students still in mourning say ‘we aren’t ready’
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Essex plans Clacton research centre to boost coastal communities
University hiring professor to direct Centre for Coastal Communities, based in Essex seaside town hit by deprivation
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Germany’s sweeping innovation strategy is ‘ministerial wish list’
Flying taxis indicative of a free-for-all, say critics, who see a half-baked attempt at a whole-government approach
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Australian staff ‘underpaid by more than A$83 million’
Union calls for criminalisation of ‘wage theft’ with jail time for worst offenders
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Canada tackles ‘chronic’ visa issues for conference attendees
Processing delays affecting guests from Global South put future of major academic events in country at risk
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Digital SATs will make international admissions fairer
A digitised form of America’s famous admissions exam will help level the playing field for university applicants across the world, says Cezar Wazen
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Fewer Chinese master’s students opt to continue studies abroad
Number of postgraduates heading overseas after completing studies at elite institutions still below pre-pandemic levels
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Indian students who defied BBC’s Modi documentary ban give me hope
While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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Scholarships fail to reverse declines in Latvia’s student numbers
Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students’ union
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Strikes paused after breakthroughs in pay and pensions disputes
All sides hail significant progress, with phasing-out of zero-hours contracts and higher wages for lower paid to be discussed in two-week talks
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Rayner shows her support for striking academics
Labour deputy leader promises to raise staff concerns about pay deductions with shadow education secretaryÂ
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UK universities make big gains in Stonewall’s inclusivity top 100
Swansea University highest placed institution in list of LGBTQ+-friendly employers but some institutions choose not to take part
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ChatGPT reveals the uncomfortable truth about graduate skills
AI-written essays have exposed the unambitious and unoriginal thinking that universities require from undergraduates, says James Warren