UNC gains popularity even with racial strife
Student body president concedes academic value, for most black students, outweighs the problems causing many faculty to leave, but calls for stronger leadership
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‘No university immune’ as UK ministers order on-site inspections
Older and more prestigious institutions could be among the 10 to 15 being inspected next year
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Australia’s security straitjacket causes consternation
Australian universities face more restrictions on their foreign collaboration, no matter who wins the coming election
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Korean universities hit with overseas recruitment bans
Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population
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Pakistani researchers need more help to spot cloned journals
Links to journals’ genuine websites should be added to the government’s database of reputable publishing outlets, says Rameez Mahesar
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‘Contract inflation’ provokes Dutch protests
Demonstrators push back against ‘exploitation’ of those struggling at the bottom of a sector seen as increasingly casualised
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Modern technology is history’s ally, not its enemy
Mobile phones may distract students, but apps can bring the past alive for students and the public alike, says Fabrizio Nevola
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Chinese v-cs told to visit companies to boost graduate employment
Ministry demands universities do more to help students in tough jobs market, with number of graduates set to surpass 10 million
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Drama college closure spotlights struggle for acting courses
Forty-year-old ALRA shut just days after students had paid fees
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Late reprieve allows scientists with UK grants to publish in Nature
Temporary deal arrives on day of UK’s new open access policy, but raises issue of paying high price for ‘ego trip’ of Nature publication
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Open access loses when publishers are vilified
Legitimate concerns about publishers’ grip on the academy will not be addressed if open access debate remains so polarised, says Amy Brand
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Talking leadership 20: Joseph Hun-wei Lee on Macao-China relations
The president of Macau University of Science and Technology discusses overhauling engineering education and the differences between Macao and Hong KongÂ
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OfS: ‘hidden hierarchies’ blocking school-university partnerships
New director of fair access calls for institutions to take greater role in improving attainment across education system
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Australian research infrastructure ‘needs a workforce to go with it’
Cutting-edge facilities are welcome but they achieve little without people to run them, science advocates point out
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Digital doctorates ‘cannot replace’ informal community
Experts warn much of doctoral training must remain analogue, as European survey suggests almost all programmes are aiming for quality online