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14 October

Georgia state universities weaken tenure protections

14 October

Is Classics’ empire in terminal decline?

With contention about diversity adding to concerns about employability and declining student numbers, does Classics in the US need rebranding or rethinking? Paul Basken reports

14 October

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak in a school science lesson

UK research faces an autumn of political reckoning

14 October

Afghan students in limbo one month after Kabul fall

Students in limbo as Taliban tighten grip on Afghanistan

14 October

Four new subject rankings announced

US and UK lose dominance in law, while social sciences, business and economics and education results also released

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So you want a novel way to support untapped research talent?

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Georgia state universities weaken tenure protections

14 October

Is Classics’ empire in terminal decline?

14 October

Charges dropped for first time in US admissions scandal

13 October

US and Canadian students protest over sexual assaults

13 October

Gopal accuses government of ‘double standards’ over cancellation

14 October

Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study

By Jack Grove

14 October

Post-qualification offers would improve fairness in UK admissions

By Quintin McKellar

14 October

Embed climate change education into all degrees, academics urge

14 October

Students in limbo as Taliban tighten grip on Afghanistan

14 October

Japanese universities pin funding hopes on Kishida cabinet

13 October

Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan

11 October

Chinese students let guard down against Covid-19 after jabs

By Jing Liu

9 October

Peter Ridd’s lost appeal ‘a win for intellectual freedom’

13 October

Den Hollander minds the fort at Murdoch

13 October

Australian reef research sceptic loses appeal against sacking

13 October

Deakin cuts 200 jobs as Australian redundancies roll on

12 October

News

Four in 10 PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’

Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study

Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers

By Jack Grove

14 October

Home Office, a ministerial department of the UK government located in Westminster

Gopal accuses government of ‘double standards’ over cancellation

Home Office staff were due to hear from prominent scholar as part of series to mark Black History Month

14 October

Athens, Georgia - August 27, 2021 A student wearing a protective face mask walks through the Arch at the entrance to the University of Georgia's historic North Campus.

Georgia state universities weaken tenure protections

Move bolsters fears of political attacks on US higher education and prompts AAUP to consider boycott

14 October

Students in limbo as Taliban tighten grip on Afghanistan

14 October

Embed climate change education into all degrees, academics urge

14 October

Lisa Cook: I thought mathematical economics was too easy

14 October

Covid experts get violent threats after speaking out on pandemic

By Anna McKie

13 October

Don’t ‘write people off’ by restricting access, urges UUK chief

By John Morgan

13 October

US and Canadian students protest over sexual assaults

13 October

Peter Ridd’s lost appeal ‘a win for intellectual freedom’

13 October

BAME awarding gap shrinks under ‘flexible’ Covid marking policies

13 October

Japanese universities pin funding hopes on Kishida cabinet

13 October

Covid experts get violent threats after speaking out on pandemic

Nature survey sparks fears that scientists will be deterred from sharing their expertise

13 October

Geelong, Australia – April 19, 2014 Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus is housed in old woolstores built in 1893. More than 3,000 students attend this campus, studying architecture, nursing and health.

Deakin cuts 200 jobs as Australian redundancies roll on

Union queries necessity, as sector braces for the loss of hundreds more positions

12 October

London, United Kingdom - October 30 2020 People with face masks walk past a Local Covid Alert Level High sign in Central London. The UK government has introduced a new three-tier system with restrictions increasing depending on the levels in each area.

Sage needs more disciplinary and geographic diversity, say MPs

In early days of crisis, ministers should ‘act quickly’ rather than wait for scientific certainty, committees add

By Anna McKie

12 October

In-depth

How would universities fare in a new Cold War?

EUA report imagining scenarios for 2030 also paints picture of higher education being squeezed by markets and authoritarianism

4 October

Businessman inside building looking at phone, woman standing outside as a metaphor for gender split: degrees aren’t paying off for women

Why is investment in higher education not paying off for women?

The gender participation gap continues to grow, according to OECD data, but men are still earning more

22 September

The role of the treasury on higher education. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box alongside Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kemi Badenoch and other staff on staircase

Fear over ‘lack of strategic focus’ in Treasury’s growing HE role

As spending review looms amid wrangles within government, question of what Treasury wants from universities is pressing

By John Morgan

9 September

Post-qualification offers would improve fairness in UK admissions

Basing offers on actual results, uniformly adjusted for previous educational disadvantage, would be more transparent and just, says Quintin McKellar

14 October

Is Classics’ empire in terminal decline?

With contention about diversity adding to concerns about employability and declining student numbers, does Classics in the US need rebranding or rethinking? Paul Basken reports

Man with medical mask over eyes surrounded by a crowd of people

Is Western academia keeping up with Asia’s rise?

In the third decade of the so-called Asian century, European and North American universities and governments continue to neglect the world’s most populous continent. As Asia grows ever more powerful, this must change, scholars tell Joyce Lau

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Opinion

By James Wilsdon

UK research faces an autumn of political reckoning

The spending review must confirm the substance beneath the government’s froth about becoming a science superpower, says James Wilsdon

14 October

So you want a novel way to support untapped research talent?

There’s great scope for the sector to offer research development opportunities to taught postgraduate students, says John McKendrick

Will my popular science book bring any career benefits?

Universities must give credit for the broadened skill sets that the pandemic has prompted academics to acquire, says John Tregoning

Community colleges are the frontline for workforce innovation

By Vicki Karolewics

13 October

Calls to decolonise assessment do students a disservice

By Glenn Fulcher

12 October

The world needs human ecology

By Ulrich Loening

10 October

Universities must embrace working-class academics, students and culture

By Geraldine Van Bueren

9 October

World policy

False data illustrating need for oversight in South-east Asian universities

South-east Asian universities should be externally audited

When observance of university rules is subservient to internal political considerations, standards and fairness suffer, says Afroz Shah

Editor's pick

For tolerance of body diversity, academia gets a big, fat zero

The ‘dark academia’ fashion trend underlines the stereotype of the slim, pale, serious woman dressed in black, says Rachel Moss

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Schrödinger’s students

With funding crunch time looming, some UK policymakers seem set on limiting education opportunities while advocating their benefits to society

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