Managers must recognise that the working week is finite
Even if conditions are not right for the development of a ‘slow university’, we need at least to walk in that direction, says David Alexander
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V-c’s funding plea ‘shows funding struggle’ at Indian universities
While India’s prestigious IITs flex fundraising muscle, others in sector are ‘left in the lurch’
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Radical transparency can fix bad behaviour by academic journals
Revealing desk rejection rates, peer review processing times and other useful operational data would do more to correct slipshod journal practices than an ‘author’s bill of rights’, says Jerry Jacobs
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Bolsonaro’s defeat ‘ends Brazil’s pariah status’ in science
Populist right-wing leader leaves office with public universities facing bankruptcy and country polarised
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The ‘growth, growth, growth’ model is bad for students and communities
The student accommodation crisis seen in many UK cities highlights the need for a more strategic and sustainable approach to town-gown issues, says Neal Juster
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Australian income help ‘far too low’ for few students who get it
Student union demands overhaul as post-Covid cost pressures exacerbate student poverty
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What does Xi Jinping’s third term mean for Chinese science?
Concerns over more rigid control of universities and fear of isolationist thinking causing ‘intellectual impoverishment’ for East and West
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Kremlin trails mandatory ‘propaganda’ course for students
Scholar warns that growing influence of ideology over education could be ‘the most dangerous thing’ happening in modern-day Russia
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More UK graduates ending up in low-skilled work, HR body warns
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development calls for a rethink to skills policy, including apprenticeships, following new findings on graduate employment
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Government hands extra £95 million to Henry Royce Institute
Business secretary hails research as ‘critical way to turbocharge Britain’s growth’, in Sunak administration’s first major move on science
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Polish academia must not fall into authoritarianism’s potholes of fear
Fine words in support of academic freedom are welcome, but deeds are also required, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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Polarised Brazil debates future of racial quotas at public universities
Decade-old policy has dramatically changed the make-up of institutions, but critics claim it is unfair and unconstitutional
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UCU plans three-day strike at UK universities for end of November
Higher education committee says walkouts should be followed by marking boycott and ‘escalation’ of action if settlement cannot be reached on pay and pensions
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US universities ease back on global engagement
Chief higher education lobby group finds decline in share of institutions boosting their overseas outreach, but takes comfort in unexpected areas of growth during the pandemic
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One in three UK university students ‘teased over accent’
Higher education settings found to be worse than schools and workplaces for accent-based discrimination