Interview with Mesias Alfeus
The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics
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It is time for open access to move on from institutional repositories
The British Library cyber-attack underlines that HE and research libraries’ technologies and policies put us at too much risk, says Fiona Greig
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Ninth-graders guaranteed admission under Fresno access scheme
University hopes to build ‘culture of college-going’ with early offers to local high schoolers
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UCU Left’s Trotskyist politics are driving UK HE’s perennial strikes
Elitist, undemocratic activists’ revolutionary aspirations explain their enthusiasm for futile industrial action, say John Kelly and Adam Ozanne
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Can internationalisation save South Korea’s emptying universities?
As the domestic youth population plummets, Korean institutions are looking to international students to make up shortfalls. But can such a strategy compensate – and can it be enacted in time? Pola...
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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If international students are welcome, UK policy and rhetoric must show it
The UK government must pledge to maintain the graduate route and confine its review to genuine abuse, says Jamie Arrowsmith
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Talking leadership: Julie Sanders on making the vice-chancellor job ‘less lonely’
Royal Holloway head discusses decentralising university leadership and tapping into the creative industry in Surrey
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Australia cuts post-study work visas by two years
Representative groups broadly welcome focus on quality and integrity, but proposed changes to migration points test will be pivotal
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Coventry set to cut nearly £100 million as sector crisis bites
Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam to open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff
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English universities have a central role to play in the devolution agenda
Civic mission demands close collaboration with combined authorities to ensure graduates, research and relationships are fit for purpose, says Katy Shaw
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Korea ‘unlikely’ to meet 2027 target for 300k international students
Scholars say government is giving universities a tall order without concrete support plan
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Sector urged to step up climate measures like carbon pricing
Only a small minority of institutions adopting climate change policies common in the private sector, finds report
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Teaching at AI-focused university adapts as advances are made
Classes at world’s first postgraduate AI institution can pivot mid-course to explore breakthroughs, says MBZUAI acting provost
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Focus on active learning urged in response to rise of ChatGPT
Conference attendees discuss how to respond to the ‘600-pound gorilla in the room’ on university teaching