Accreditors in firing line as US political temperature rises
Agencies created to help institutions improve themselves, then asked to guard federal student aid, now face fight over battling partisan attacks on academia
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Can UCU’s ‘us versus them’ approach secure its members a deal?
Using Twitter to call people out has landed Jo Grady in potential legal trouble, but will a combative communications strategy force leaders into making concessions?
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South Africa’s xenophobic turn may drive away foreign scholars
Vice-chancellors must challenge populist ideas around who belongs to the nation and whether equity goals can end at its borders, says Srila Roy
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Office for Students plans to bill universities for investigations
Additional fees to institutions that breach OfS rules may focus attention on growing regulatory costs
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Berkeley apologises for retaining indigenous remains
Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban
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PhD students ‘shunning UK over tardy security checks’
Lengthy government security checks on STEM postgraduates are causing chaos for university research as doctoral candidates go elsewhere, says Russell Group
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Don’t cut number of international students in UK, say voters
Poll conducted for Universities UK finds 64 per cent of respondents want number of overseas learners to increase or hold steady
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London-based courses seen as ‘best value for money in England’
International students in particular are likely to rate the value of their course, despite paying higher fees
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Leading Indian university U-turns on student sit-ins ban
Educational institutions ‘should not act as correction agencies, but be centres of human flourishing’, scholar says
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Anti-safe-space rhetoric ‘ignores trauma felt by black students’
British professional basketball player turned US professor James Gerard Noel says criticisms of ‘safe spaces’ overlook the emotional vulnerability of black students caused by racism and gun violence
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Don’t write off the European Universities Initiative too early
The pan-continental alliances face many issues, but Erasmus took three decades to attain its present success, says Anthony ForsterÂ
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Court rules Groningen is free to fire critical lecturer
Dutch university can now dismiss Susanne Täuber, who had long accused it of flawed approaches to handling gender equality, discrimination and harassment
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UEA postpones staff pay rises as deficit grows
Move may help minimise the need for compulsory redundancies, acting vice-chancellor claims
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Charter eyes fairer research partnerships between Africa and West
Academics lay out plan for knowledge from Global South to take ‘rightful place’