Wharton resigns as Office for Students chair after Labour victory
Conservative peer steps down following long-running criticism of his political affiliation
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Indonesian dean ‘axed for criticising government’ reinstated
University leaders U-turn on controversial decision to fire professor that sparked academic freedom row
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One in three researchers now using ChatGPT at work: survey
Academics tell Elsevier that they recognise the potential of generative AI but want to see their concerns addressed
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Edith Heard to succeed Sir Paul Nurse as Crick Institute director
European Molecular Biology Laboratory boss will lead the Crick from next summer as Nobel laureate director steps back
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Columbia removes three administrators in texting scandal
Ivy League campus, however, keeps in place the dean who also participated, boosting concerns about its sincerity amid sustained political threat
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Could Donald Trump close the US Department of Education?
Republican nominee promises to end department in second term, though experts see underlying details as the more threatening aspects
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US sociologists ‘ignoring’ climate change in research
Planetary warming shown to attract very few of the subject’s scholarly articles, conference sessions and course listings
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Asian universities may struggle to be successful in Horizon Europe
Ministry support will be vital, but a lack of political imperative could limit motivation, say Hyejin Kim, Erik Mobrand and Sylvia Schwaag Serger
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Bloomberg billion makes Johns Hopkins medical school free to most
Latest gift brings tycoon’s total gifts to alma mater to about $4.6 billion
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Hinds and Griffith to shadow new ministers for Conservatives
Former education secretary returns to old brief, while ex-science minister steps up following Donelan’s defeat
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Auckland ‘too slow’ to protect academic from pandemic threats
Judge tells university to pay damages but rules there was no breach of Siouxsie Wiles’ academic freedom
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New Zealand seeks to drive up degree completion rates
When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission
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Chinese students ‘most likely to face racism’ in UK post-Covid
Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind International Student Barometer
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Academics urged to fill policy void at heart of new UK government
Scholars see opportunities to influence Labour’s thinking on universities and beyond as power of thinktanks wanes
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Complainants must be told the results of sexual misconduct investigations
The instinct to err on the side of non-transparency is understandable, but the accused get more protection than the victims, say five experts