US mulls huge shift in research funding from excellence to equity
Despite known risk, politicians from states with weak science records push dramatic expansion of affirmative-action-style set-asides for federal dollars
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Japanese employment practices ‘turning off’ overseas scholars
Western scholars may be taken aback by job negotiations in a country where universities rarely reward merit over seniority
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Rectors for moral development ‘sign of Russia’s re-Sovietisation’
Position will be used to ‘keep universities on a shorter leash’ and ‘pre-empt any potential dissent’, academics say
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Relax online study limits on overseas learners, universities urge
Australian educators demand ‘clarity’ on whether pandemic concessions will be extended
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I’ve finally realised impact is my duty – and public involvement is the key
There is always more to a research question than the underpinning science. So work with the people you are studying, says Nicola Ray
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Hong Kong adds Korean language to university entrance exams
Korea’s soft power is only part of the explanation, with Seoul pumping millions into opening Korean language academies around the world, professor says
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‘Glaring lack of diversity’ among public health journal editors
Female scholars grossly under-represented on editorial boards of public health and environmental science publications, says Cambridge-led study
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Melbourne posts A$500 million surplus
University’s ‘strong’ financial results energise union calls for job security and pay rises
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Talking leadership 31: Joe Gow on creating a student-focused campus
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor discusses the importance of role models for students, his approach to hiring top staff and how he has stayed in the role for 15 years
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Unaffiliated researchers should not be left adrift from academia
Loss of an institutional position closes too many doors for those whose passion for research outlives their academic careers, says Maria Cohut
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How to end Oxbridge dominance? Try halting undergraduate teaching
Shift prestigious institutions to ‘greater potential’ of education for excluded adults, says FT columnist
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Top Chinese universities trial three-year bachelor’s degrees
Peking and Tsinghua join drive to smooth journey from undergraduate to postgraduate studies
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Spain’s ‘crazy’ squeeze on precarity ‘impossible’ without funding
Critics say plans to lower the limit on temporary staff from 40 per cent to 8 per cent are unworkable and could lock in under-qualified lecturers
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Marginson: push back on ‘securitisation’ to save global science
Leading professor proposes charter to protect free exchange of knowledge
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Czech education minister quits over meetings with mafia associate
Lecturer protests innocence but steps down from government ahead of role leading EU policymaking