Ukraine crisis

War has helped to fan inflation and wither universities’ resources. With scant prospect of let-up, all eyes are watching the horizon for hopeful signs

Staff scour social media to root out dissidents, with escalation of penalties meant to silence students

Russian Foundation for Basic Research looking at Rb1.15 billion decrease, while Moscow State University told to slash budget by 10 per cent

Staff reportedly told Nato is to blame for conflict triggered by Russian invasion

Two embryonic institutions are providing a teaching venue and mentorship for those fleeing from both sides of the war

As Ukrainian universities resume online teaching, experts say longer-term solutions must avoid brain drain and look to post-war recovery

Complicity of Russian universities in the savage assault on Ukraine must lead to severe punishments, write four Ukrainian academics

The University of Gdańsk is housing hundreds, and expects thousands. But couldn’t the burden be shared more widely, asks Agnieszka Piotrowska

Ministers halt funding to programmes with ‘state and institutional collaborators’ but ‘small number’ of partnerships remain under review

Signatories of letter urging peace include dozens of top academics and Nobel prizewinner

War in Ukraine may reshape university internationalisation, but most academics do not expect a knockout blow

Researcher shrugs off ban, saying Russians are ‘used to avoiding such useless regulations’

Professor says he accepts it may be necessary for ties to be cut to some institutions in the country   

As war descends on Europe again, how many of the idealistic young scholars defending their country against invasion will live full lives, muses Keith Burnett

East-West schism widened by Russian academia being cut off from world, says scholar

Boycotting Russia will hinder research, punish the innocent and damage the prospects of a peaceful future, says Binoy Kampmark

Informatics faculty turns its hand to creating tools to help civilians and hamper Russian attacks

Harvard insists it is ‘important not to conflate’ actions of a government with academics’ nationality in light of Ukraine invasion

Institutions cannot ‘in good conscience’ partner with Russian counterparts while Ukraine war continues, says Chris Philp

Research-intensive universities step up Russia boycott measures as UK Research and Innovation turns off funding over Ukraine invasion

Crisis spotlights Russia-linked donations in UK after MP starts plan to force transparency on universities’ foreign funding

Just weeks into Russia’s war on Ukraine, academics are leaving the country, in what could be the beginning of a new brain drain

The Ukraine war has led to unprecedented curtailment of academic ties, but could breaking off all relations with Russia cause further problems?

The attempt to improve the country’s universities was stuttering even before the war broke out, says Ararat Osipian

Sweeping sanctions suggest international collaboration could become fragmented into regional power blocs, says sector leader

Heads of learned institutions back Putin in the ‘most difficult decision in his life’

University’s internal debate about the pros and cons mirrors live discussions elsewhere

Research and education partnerships, participation in events and peer review all put on hold after appeal from ministry

Company expresses solidarity with Ukrainian people and announces steps in response to invasion

Ukrainian professor turned politician Inna Sovsun on coordinating student resistance and why international scholars must boycott Russia

Tory peer Lord Wharton ‘disgusted’ by ‘attacks’ on Ukrainian-born energy tycoon, whose firm he has advised and who donated to him as MP

Invasion of Ukraine ‘threatens the peace, freedom and democracy on which freedom of inquiry and academic collaboration is based’

But one expert suggests closer ties with Beijing may not be as straightforward as Kremlin thinks

Symbolic and practical support has come from across Europe, but views differ on whether continued Russian cooperation could end or abet the conflict

Amid chaos, non-profit groups work to help an estimated 20,000 Indians leave war zone

Scholars expressing ‘shock and horror’ call for ‘immediate stop’ to Putin’s ‘senseless’ invasion

Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski 

After helping to build version of Silicon Valley near Moscow, Reif calls Russian invasion unacceptable

Unexploded bombs and civil resistance corps on campus are now part of life in Ukraine, explains minister turned university president

Russia has ‘turned its back on the international community’, says Berlin

Academics call on overseas colleagues to ‘stand with us’ as Putin’s army attacks

Prime minister upholds reselection of reformist rector after masked, dye-wielding men try to spoil and steal vote