‘I was beaten daily’: Afghan scholar recounts Taliban torture
Scholar who fled to Iran after torture says the experience cemented his resolve to teach human rights
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University investment in research can drive levelling upÂ
Northumbria’s REF 2021 results emphasise that growing research capability can benefit teaching, business and employment, says Andrew Wathey
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Chinese student flows tipped to peak within five years
India and Vietnam expected to keep up momentum, compensating for decline of degree seekers from China
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Australian funding tweaks ‘will make pure research even harder’
Proposed changes risk further eroding support funding for discovery research without achieving their core objectives
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Raquel Rosario Sánchez on Bristol’s ‘hollow victory’ in trans row
PhD student says her legal defeat raises important questions about duty of care owed to students who face harassment
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Funding and careers structures are holding back early cancer detection
Long timelines, siloed training and the prioritisation of drug development make life-saving advances in detection less likely, says David Crosby
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Lift block on long-term prisoners getting student loans, say MPs
Westminster government says it does not want to lend money to inmates ‘who have no prospect of paying it back’
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USS whistleblower sacked from pension fund board ‘unlawfully’
Jane Hutton tells tribunal that months of her concerns being rebuffed forced her to become a whistleblower and disclose information to outside sources
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New Zealand international education renews outward focus
New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’
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UK funders order ‘short, sharp’ look at role of metrics in REF
Review to revisit conclusions of 2015’s The Metric Tide
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Universities mull expansion as Dutch student numbers grow
Surging international student numbers and regional economic demand seen as twin drivers
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Go ‘digital’, not ‘online’, to avoid spooking students – Leeds DVC
Jeff Grabill says lifelong learning will bring thousands more students to higher education, and universities must be honest about what they can expect
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Talking leadership 26: Walter Kimbrough on supporting poorer students
The president of Dillard University says that historically black colleges and universities do a better job than the Ivy League
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Universities are not giving students the classes or support they need
Interactions with his student neighbours have convinced Harvey Graff that they crave a supportive, broadly based, interactive education
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Higher education issues sidelined in Australian election campaign
Campaign promises reflect electoral rather than sectoral priorities