Latin America University Rankings 2024: results announced
Brazil back at number one as new metrics reveal country’s research strength
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‘Managerialist’ overreach ‘biggest problem for academics’
Universities’ instinct to ‘de-risk everything’ makes things worse for everybody, says academic émigré
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European business schools capitalising on UK’s recruitment woes
Faltering UK recruitment is being capitalised on by business schools in the continent
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Account for sex and gender in UK health research, urges guidance
Framework for UK health funders will require applicants to explain how they will consider and distinguish sex and gender in their work
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Can Alibaba’s university courses help China outpace the West?
Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula
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There is more to the marketisation of English HE than neoliberalism
Political interventions on a host of issues suggest marketisation’s opponents are wrong to see neoliberalism as the root of all evil, says Gerbrand Tholen
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Israeli budget cuts ‘devastating’ for universities
Wartime austerity could slash research output and disproportionately hit disadvantaged students, sector leaders warn
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Trump presidency with ‘axes to grind’ spells danger for US sector
Academics warn that a Trump ‘administration of retribution’ could affect many aspects of higher education, including loan forgiveness, diversity efforts and student protests
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Cambridge launches £48 million PhD studentship fund
Investments from Trinity College Cambridge and university will support about 300 PhDs over a decade
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Reclaim the narrative, longest-serving v-c urges UK universities
John Cater, who is set to retire after 31 years at the helm of Edge Hill University, warns that sector finances have never been more challenging
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The UK’s new prevention duty could move the dial on sexual harassment
The rules should quash the idea that a formal investigation is the only way to take action on disclosures or rumours of abuse by staff, says Anna Bull
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Students file lawsuit against Polish ‘diploma mill’ university
Collegium Humanum allegedly issued more than 1,000 fast-track MBA degrees in exchange for ‘financial and personal benefits’
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China sets new priorities for Double First-Class universities
Top universities project evolving to focus on interdisciplinary work and longer-term measures of success as 10-year anniversary nears
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Academic freedom ‘compromised’ when institutions choose content
‘Conflating knowledge systems with underlying disciplinary teaching’ is part of a ‘slippery slope’ for the academy
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University of Tasmania backpedals on Hobart campus relocation
New STEM proposal meets state’s needs and government’s demands, vice-chancellor says, but opponents say all relocation plans should be scrapped