Shafik leaving LSE for Columbia University presidency
Former Bank of England deputy governor will replace long-serving president Lee Bollinger
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Tory peer’s plan to fight ‘woke indoctrination’ is ‘galaxy brain’
After Lord Wei calls for sector funding to be tied to test of students’ political views, critics say ‘parts of Tory party have gone stark raving mad’
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Professor targeted by trans activists condemns ‘shameful episode’
Gay rights champion Robert Wintemute says McGill University’s response to the forced cancellation of his seminar is disappointing
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Overseas student recruitment windfall for leading UK universities
Extraordinary growth in income caused by higher enrolments and post-Brexit fee uplifts bolsters finances of Russell Group institutions
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‘Feast or be eaten’ for France’s booming private HE sector
With public rivals putting a ceiling on tuition fees, the demands of debt servicing and digitisation mean private schools must keep growing to avoid mergers or bankruptcy
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‘Forced retirement’ rules face new challenge at Cambridge
Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors
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Don’t call me a ‘Black academic’
Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over others is not what UK HE needs, says Aymen Idris
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UCU confirms first strike date as pay offer rejected
Meeting between unions and employers ends with no new proposed wage increase presented
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Johnson: fight ‘false narratives’ about international students
Former universities minister warns that UK’s political consensus over benefits provided by students from overseas is ‘weakening’
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Number of EU academics working in the UK drops again
Hesa data also reveal proportion of black professors remains at ‘appallingly low’ levels
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Concern over high self-publication rates among journal editors
Some editors publish most of their papers in their own titles, study finds
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New medical schools ‘ready’ to accept UK students if cap lifted
Deans warn of ‘wasted opportunity’ as Westminster government rules restrict intakes to international students only
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‘Worry’ for academia-security partnerships after Penn discovery
Discovery of classified Biden papers inside university’s Washington office threatens to reverse reputational high from its seemingly prescient political cultivation
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Backing for union’s ‘middle way’ on strikes as pay ‘crunch’ nears
Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest
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There are plenty of big HE ideas. Why aren’t v-cs listening?
The idea of academic leadership has been largely reduced to management. But alternative HE visions are still being produced, says Ronald Barnett