Has India’s institutes of eminence programme run its course?
The troubled excellence initiative has approved only one new institution since 2020. Has the government lost interest, asks an observer
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South Africa election: ANC ducks higher education challenges
Funding problems and corruption dog sector, but ruling party manifesto stays silent
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Flirting with students is not harmless
Whether targets of sexualised attention or audience members, students lack power to divert harmful classroom dynamics, says Mary Peterson
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China research at ‘crisis point’, Australian scholars warn
No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims
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As one-party spaces, encampments are anathemas in liberal societies
Who wants to be heckled in their workplace by people who think they are entitled to define the parameters of your faith for you, asks Joseph Mintz
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London ‘failing to deliver’ affordable student accommodation
Development running much more slowly than target, leaving poorer learners in ‘bleak’ situation
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Charity’s ‘alarm’ over heart disease research funding shortfall
British Heart Foundation says cardiovascular disease research faces shortfall of more than £250 million to 2035
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‘Exit strategies’ needed in transnational education, experts say
Joint study by British Council and Universities UK International finds scale and significance of overseas delivery makes risk management increasingly important
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Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge
Mike Lee retires after suspension for ending student encampment by promising to study campus’ investments and halt non-existent academic exchanges
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Scholars and students fight to keep Palestinian education alive
Even as undergraduates battle to survive in besieged Rafah, they are seeking to continue their studies
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Scotland’s free tuition policy questioned amid political turmoil
Will waning power of Scottish National Party fracture the consensus around one of its most closely guarded policies?
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More awareness of open access needed as Japan deadline looms
Survey indicates that researchers are poorly prepared for upcoming shift to free-to-read model
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Australian international student caps ‘will skew enrolments’
‘Shockingly bad legislation’ gives ministers power to favour certain disciplines
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Florida A&M ‘pauses’ largest ever donation after questions raised
Chief executive of farm company hands historic black college stock he says is worth $237 million but experts believe its real value could be far less
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Israel divestment calls are also a demand for shared decision-making
The Edinburgh protests underline the need for meaningful ways for students, staff and community to govern the university together, says Kevin Donovan