Academic freedom

Bill to enforce two-year participation ‘meant to target critics at home rather than defend country’, scholars warn

Wide-ranging new powers aimed at cancelling cancel culture predicted to have a ‘seismic’ impact on English universities

Case prompts renewed concern over plight of lecturers on temporary contracts

DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

Posters calling philosopher a ‘fascist’ appear on campus after she backed event branded ‘dehumanising’ by her boss

A new registration condition, complaints scheme and system of penalties all require careful thought, says Jamie Roberts

Florida’s partisan attack on New College bolsters iconoclastic Massachusetts campus as it rebuilds from near closure

Six legal cases lodged in bid to release billions of euros of funding, locked away because of threats to university autonomy

Government policy is ‘a lot of hot air’ given lack of support for female faculty, says scholar

Avoidance of questions about prime minister’s qualifications suggests growing political interference, scholars say

New College of Florida governing board assembled by governor refuses faculty-backed professor candidates

Legislation aiming to eradicate ‘cancel culture’ will be used across political spectrum, not only by Conservatives, former minister predicts

Higher Education Commission could be given control over v-c appointments at public universities, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for autonomy

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Review calls for reduction in ministerial veto powers, highlights ARC’s role as ‘guardian of basic research’, but keeps applied research in the mix

Outgoing president laments partisan attacks on academia as he is criticised for handing a major honour to top funder of Ron DeSantis

Academics warn that move to ‘stifle’ youth political involvement betrays ‘insecurity’ by ruling party

‘Ideological capture’ of research and clampdowns on dissent are spreading, argues Peter Boghossian

Ministry decision to allow universities to deny services to women without headscarves ‘will only reinforce people’s anger’, says scholar

Fayneese Miller, university’s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class

Many learners reluctant to attend public institutions as this may ‘legitimise regime’, says researcher

Academic council says safety of teachers and students a top concern after Kremlin puts institution on blacklist

Administrators take ‘very clever’ strategy to ‘divide’ students by disciplining two of them harshly while letting others go, scholar says

EDI claims should be treated with the same curiosity and scepticism as anything else in academic life, says Maximilian Werner

Amid nationwide campaign to restrict LGBTQ rights, head of public institution forbids fundraiser on grounds that drag is ‘misogyny’

As political turmoil mounts in India, Jamia Millia Islamia v-c says she will protect students, but suspend those who go ‘too far’

Higher education leaders are often reluctant to enter the political realm, but now this prudence carries the stench of cowardice, says Michael Roth

Physicist who spoke out in anti-regime demonstrations faces uncertain future, unable to return to her university or country

A year after his ordeal, Chinese American semiconductor specialist Gang Chen reflects on how a 12-month government investigation changed his life and work

After Florida governor installs conservative leadership at small public liberal arts college, students join with Open Society to fight such moves nationwide

Educational institutions ‘should not act as correction agencies, but be centres of human flourishing’, scholar says

British professional basketball player turned US professor James Gerard Noel says criticisms of ‘safe spaces’ overlook the emotional vulnerability of black students caused by racism and gun violence

Politicians’ recent marshalling of public institutions for geopolitical, economic and societal ends has narrowed their room to manoeuvre, according to EUA’s autonomy scorecard

Top-ranked institution joins UNSW, Wollongong and others in expressing support for indigenous voice to Australian parliament

Even as Covid travel restrictions are lifted, Xi-era crackdown on freedoms is making on-the-ground research much more difficult

Pro-Israel group criticises demonstrations ‘designed to demean an instructor and intimidate students’

Why should any faculty member have to make a political statement to be given a grant or job, asks Samuel Abrams

Republicans complain after accrediting agency questions wisdom of creating new refuge at North Carolina flagship designed to amplify conservative voices

Drops in campus integrity and freedoms to research and teach leave academic powerhouses sitting below Bosnia and Benin in global rankings

Governor’s fellow Republicans consider bill to seize hiring and curriculum rights

Protesters set sights on those seen as responsible for low-quality education after raid on country’s most important university

State system’s regents comply with Republican governor’s edict as Florida students protest similar moves by DeSantis

‘Mother of ERA’ now charting its demise, as the ‘law of diminishing returns’ prompts a rethink

‘Silence is political,’ indigenous leader warns sector, as institutions ponder whether to back yes vote in looming poll

While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Steven Greer says students who accused him of laughing at the Koran should be sanctioned

Maria Toft sparked national conversation about exploitation with #pleasedontstealmywork campaign, but she says it came at the cost of her Copenhagen fellowship

Board backed by Conservative government removes Athabasca University leadership, leaving province’s academics fearing wider interference and nation exposed on online options

Sciences ‘under fire’ with appointment of hard-line cleric to oversee appointment of deans

Minister calls statutory tort an essential step to ‘cultural transformation’

NaUKMA head defends dropping ‘language of aggressor’, despite concerns over freedom of expression

It is excessive to demand the resignation of a US college leader who badly misjudged a student complaint about offence, says Jonathan Zimmerman

Toby Young sees ‘campaign’ for Nick Hillman to land job being waged by Lord Willetts, whose rebellion on tort may be fought in Commons

Governor encounters some faculty and student pushback to his campaign of restrictions on curriculum and personal rights, but presidents and many academics cower in fear

As institutions attempt to make language more inclusive, scholars question whether changing language with negative connotations has the opposite effect

JNU students watch BBC film despite warnings of disciplinary action and social media ban

Institutions should pay heed to pressure from Beijing, but avoid depriving students of study abroad opportunities, scholars say

Open letter calling for political neutrality of public universities has gathered over 1,000 signatures

Kennedy School dean Elmendorf, under sustained protest, apologises and invites celebrated Human Rights Watch leader

Prodded by DeSantis, heads of all 28 campuses promise to hinder attempts to explain racial inequities to students