The entire higher education sector should join the institutions that have already committed to fighting climate change by divesting from fossil fuel companies, says Joy CarterÂ
Actions by the current government suggest official discomfort with the basic purpose of public universities, says Jayati Ghosh
Overseas campus in Essex new town has marked 50th anniversary – and may be about to try some local recruitment
Preventing unethical behaviour requires regulatory and institutional reforms, as well as lead researchers remaining close to work done in their name, says Futao Huang
Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink
Just as the AI revolution calls for more computer scientists, engineers will be needed to develop next-generation AI hardware, says Bashir M. Al-Hashimi
Education ministry says it will not bend to demands to remove university head, after dozens were injured in attacks
Disaster entrenches universities’ function as community safe spaces
Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information
Country hopes move will improve skills of local students and attract more overseas learners
How will renewed calls for a science and innovation hub in the north of England be any different from similar attempts that have failed in the past? asks G. R. Evans
Life-changing experiences will be beyond the grasp of too many students if the UK doesn’t negotiate a post-Brexit place in the EU’s student mobility scheme, says Tanja BueltmannÂ
Situation at Richmond raises questions about English sector regulation
Book of the week: Jane O’Grady is impressed but not wholly convinced by an attempt to solve one of the most celebrated philosophical challenges
Madawi Al-Rasheed questions certain aspects of a survey of the events that convulsed the Arab world in 2011