‘Certain death’ diagnosis ‘unique opportunity to drive research’
‘We have an obligation to try something ground-breaking,’ says oncologist confronting co-Australian of the Year’s brain cancer
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Lift student numbers cap, new Northern Ireland executive urged
After two years of inaction at Stormont, higher education sector has long to-do list for first minister Michelle O’Neill
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Let’s recreate a campus culture that enables vigorous academic debate
The behaviour of some has effectively served to chill the views of others. But this flies in the face of universities’ core role, says Dawn Freshwater
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Closure of African history master’s faces legal challenge
Students sue Chichester over axeing of unique course, alleging discrimination and breach of contract
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New Zealand scraps research reforms and infrastructure funding
Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process
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‘Why so few women in science, even now?’ asks Cambridge physicist
Dame Athene Donald tells THE about calling out unacceptable behaviour with empathy and reflects on her legacy as outgoing master of Churchill College
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Science Europe head warns rise of far right could hurt research
Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’
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Disciplinary and court hearings are no places to confront objectionable ideas
Debate risks legitimising dehumanising ideologies, but rebutting such views is how progress has always been made, says Eric Heinze
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UK universities’ Chinese student recruitment ‘getting harder’
Latest figures show Chinese application numbers back on trend, but caution sounded on headwinds and ‘super-dependence’
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Social science research is sold short by UK policy engagement
Scholarly inquiry is already improving UK society, but its full impact won't be felt until researchers better engage with policymakers, says Rita Gardner
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Australian international education ‘worsens global inequities’
International enrolments bear no relationship whatsoever to provision gaps in students’ home countries, study finds
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Amid high profits and falling wages, peer reviewers must be paid
Academics are increasingly prioritising work-life balance. Peer review is one of the first commitments they drop, say Davor Pavlovic and Rebekah Gundry
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Scholars detect politics in Texas A&M’s decision to quit Qatar
Regardless of whether claims about research security had any bearing on withdrawal, shifting political sands perceived to have been a key factor
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Harvard hit with congressional subpoena over antisemitism claims
In latest escalation, Republicans insist documents presented by university to date do not go far enough
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Universities’ move against fossil fuel financing ‘unprecedented’
Sixty sector organisations, including 21 universities, are seeking to build a new market for cash products that does not contribute to the financing of fossil fuel expansion