‘Great resignation’ turn to short courses boosts FutureLearn outlook
Younger learners seeking to reskill and upskill brighten?UK online education provider’s fortunes, says new CEO Andy Hancock
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US endowments soar on stock gains
Annual survey of 720 campuses pegs average stockpile at $1.1 billion, up 35 per cent in year, with student aid benefiting
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Cautious optimism on Japan’s border reopening
Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals
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Castro quits CSU over handling of abuse scandal
A year into office, head of?California State University system felled after helping hide sexual abuse allegations against administrator
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Australia’s jobs pitch lures some foreign students, but not others
Canberra’s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again
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European universities must embrace truly equal partnerships with Africa
A joint EU-AU document places universities in the vanguard of increased intercontinental collaboration, says Jan Palmowski
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Heavy hands on the tiller
Higher education systems that are free to evolve have improved and adapted as times change, but more are seeing ministers determined to set the course
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Australian minister ‘briefed three times’ on vetoed research
‘Vast majority’ of promised research commercialisation fund falls outside spending commitments, estimates committee also hears
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Wall Street’s failed student loan experiment must be ended
As politicians begin to confront America’s student debt crisis, Charlie Eaton explains how public opinion turned so decisively against the financialisation of US higher education and why?full?loan...
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Can the academy rein in Big Tech?
The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities?– with vastly lower research and...
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Interview with Bongai Munguni
Mozambique PhD candidate explains how she overcame extreme poverty, bereavement and daily beatings to study in the UK
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Pay researchers for results, not plans
Scientists should strive for real impact, not to impress a panel of busy peers, with their agendas, biases and blind spots, says Pedro Domingos?
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Red tape warning for research projects over national security law
‘Seemingly small regulatory requirements readily spawn large bureaucratic responses,’ says City president
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Australia-China research collaboration nosedives
Funding council statistics lend weight to anecdotal accounts that academics are self-censoring?scholarship on superpower
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Happiness course ‘protected’ student well-being during pandemic
Running Bristol programme online still helped with student well-being?compared with control group, study suggests?