Downplaying antisemitism on campus discredits academia
Refusal to accept the scale of discrimination faced by Jewish scholars and students reflects a blind spot in academic thinking, argues Noam SchimmelÂ
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ÌÇÐÄVlog Awards Arab World 2025: winners announced
University of Anbar takes home prize for Leadership and Management Team of the Year for work rebuilding its war-torn campus
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Is Canada still in the ‘big four’ overseas student recruiters?
End of ‘boom times’ for Canadian institutions could prompt them to be more adventurous, with ‘riskier’ recruitment and more branch campuses likely, say experts
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Dodgy behaviour ‘still rife’ in international education
Assistant minister doubles down on integrity measures, saying those who doubt the government’s determination ‘have rocks in their heads’
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‘Pool resources and coordinate’ to keep language courses going
Australia should focus on training required number of fluent experts and leave basic translation to AI, Asia expert says
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Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026: results announced
MIT tops list for second consecutive year, but experts fear US universities will deem future interdisciplinary research projects too risky
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Risk rating improvement ‘misrepresented’ by ‘dodgy’ elements
Evidence level system encourages scams while making little difference to institutional obligations, critic says
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Can academic freedom survive in the new age of hard power?
While submitting to authority comes naturally to Asian universities, their Western counterparts have traditionally resisted coercion. But Donald Trump’s compact could change the game with the...
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‘Very difficult moment’ prompts flight of US scientists to China
Slow departure of researchers for the East has increased as environment in US becomes more hostile
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Is Singapore turning against internationalisation?
An early adopter of transnational education, Singapore has been curiously inactive recently, even as other Asian countries ramp up their own internationalisation efforts. Will local sensitivities...
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Scholars worldwide pushed towards ‘mission-orientated’ research
Majority of researchers feel greater pressure to focus on topics deemed important by government, says Elsevier survey
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Locked out of archives, scholars forced to study Russia from afar
Complete shutdown in access since invasion of Ukraine has transformed Russian studies, say historians finding ways to keep discipline going
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Global science ambitions need investment, Hong Kong forum told
City leader outlines how government is making help available for universities to recruit top scientists and researchers
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Monash opts for ‘strengthening’ existing hubs over expansion
Second Kuala Lumpur campus will encourage more domestic students to remain in their home country, believes university’s Malaysia head
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Minister: new academic city will ‘totally transform’ Armenian HE
Zhanna Andreasyan defends £2 billion relocation project from criticism, saying it will help Armenia move out of the shadows of its Soviet history