Striking staff defiant as v-cs close ranks on pay and pensions
Union leaders insist support for further strikes is strong but new pressures may harden university leaders’ resolve, experts warn
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Russia links scrutiny adds to donations pressure on UK campuses
Crisis spotlights Russia-linked donations in UK after MP starts plan to force transparency on universities’ foreign funding
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‘No future for us left in Russia,’ say fleeing academics
Just weeks into Russia’s war on Ukraine, academics are leaving the country, in what could be the beginning of a new brain drain
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Is anonymity or transparency the best solution to bias in peer review?
Trials suggest that far from being mutually exclusive, both can play an important role, says Kim Eggleton
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UNSW ruling sparks debate on publishing course evaluation data
Data useful ‘if considered in context’, Australian university says, but union insists its publication is ‘dangerous’
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Second year a ‘hidden point of attrition’
Australian study probes the difficulties facing latter-year students – and the ‘balancing act’ required of their lecturers
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Modern universities should be the engines of levelling up
Any attempt to address regional inequalities must recognise the role of post-92 universities as anchor institutions, says Ian Campbell
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Revamp of postgraduate recruitment goes before Chinese lawmakers
Authorities to debate changes to master’s and PhD enrolment systems
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Academic listservs are the antidote to Twitter and other poisons
A few electronic mailing lists still thrive in the academy, reminding us that peer communication need not be all about ‘building the brand’, says Kate Eichhorn
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UNC research chief steps down over plagiarism charge
Genetics expert Magnuson leaves vice-chancellor post saying he inadvertently copied online text into grant application
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Royal Society drops action against controversial letter writers
Dispute over indigenous knowledge ‘not amenable to resolution’, investigation panel finds, as New Zealand society pledges ‘helpful and constructive’ dialogue
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Universities must not shirk public role, says Sorbonne president
Newly elected Sorbonne president Nathalie Drach-Temam says scholars will not back away from controversial subjects and that she has no desire to profit from British academia’s Brexit woes
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Canadians push research ethics in undergraduate classes
New guidelines for undergraduates to properly treat their study subjects fuels debate over net gain for science
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How long can China stay largely closed to international students?
Scholars optimistic despite 490,000 learners still waiting to enter country, with recent survey showing 53 per cent struggle with ‘serious mental health issues’
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France’s university elite is anointed – but excellence still needs work
The 10-year Idex process to reconfigure French universities and make them more internationally visible has reached its conclusion, writes John Ludden