Class attendance plummets post-Covid
Global survey conducted by THE finds far fewer students turning up and engaging in lectures and seminars
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The week in higher education – 9 June 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Research integrity training ‘a box-ticking exercise’
Australian survey finds that internal training focuses on things staff already know, like how to define research integrity, rather than practical skills to achieve it
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Interview with Valentyna Ushchyna
Ukrainian philologist who found a host university while in a 10-hour queue at the border talks about a life upended
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Internal spam in academia is out of control
Friendly reminders about university events, deadlines and policies may seem harmless, but fielding these endless emails exacts a high price, says Frank LoSchiavo
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Universities need comprehensive 30-year action plans on climate change
Leaders must mandate objectives for research, teaching and external engagement, with major reviews every decade, says Warren Bebbington
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9 June 2022 digital edition
Coming up for air: Academics’ heavenly holiday tips
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ÌÇÐÄVlog’s academic holiday guide 2022
The Covid pandemic severely limited travel options during the past two years. But with restrictions finally lifting and with summer beginning in the northern hemisphere, THE’s occasional travel guide...
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Horizon Europe: EU leaders ‘snub’ Freeman’s dash to Brussels
‘Real shame’ that European Commission heads declined to agree to ‘last round’ of talks, says UK official
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Birmingham apologises for history of gay conversion therapy
Man came forward to report sexual reorientation practices he endured on campus in the 1970s
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ÌÇÐÄVlog rankings: our core values
Our rankings have always been independent of commercial interests; we have now enshrined this approach in five core values
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Bumper postgraduate fee rises at some UK universities
Variable data in benchmarking tool suggest inflationary pressures yet to have full impact
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Some top performers in REF had big shift to ‘teaching’ roles
But overall data on reclassification of staff does not show obvious impact on results
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Don’t abandon ‘micro’ courses to ‘Wild West’, says ex-minister
Lifelong Learning Commission says proposals to exclude microcredentials from loan entitlement are a mistake
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Time to redraw Australian funding system, Schmidt tells Labor
This year’s positive financial results mask urgent need for historic reform to ease reliance on international students, says Nobelist