How can Ukrainian universities be rebuilt?
War’s destruction is a chance for Ukraine to create a better higher education system, but security and funding will test rebuilders
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US Supreme Court set to rule on campus sexual assault
As Biden nears issuing new regulations for adjudicating abuse complaints, nation’s top court considers case that could bring new conservative legal standard
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‘I was beaten daily’: Afghan scholar recounts Taliban torture
Scholar who fled to Iran after torture says the experience cemented his resolve to teach human rights
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University investment in research can drive levelling upÂ
Northumbria’s REF 2021 results emphasise that growing research capability can benefit teaching, business and employment, says Andrew Wathey
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Chinese student flows tipped to peak within five years
India and Vietnam expected to keep up momentum, compensating for decline of degree seekers from China
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Australian funding tweaks ‘will make pure research even harder’
Proposed changes risk further eroding support funding for discovery research without achieving their core objectives
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Raquel Rosario Sánchez on Bristol’s ‘hollow victory’ in trans row
PhD student says her legal defeat raises important questions about duty of care owed to students who face harassment
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Funding and careers structures are holding back early cancer detection
Long timelines, siloed training and the prioritisation of drug development make life-saving advances in detection less likely, says David Crosby
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Lift block on long-term prisoners getting student loans, say MPs
Westminster government says it does not want to lend money to inmates ‘who have no prospect of paying it back’
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USS whistleblower sacked from pension fund board ‘unlawfully’
Jane Hutton tells tribunal that months of her concerns being rebuffed forced her to become a whistleblower and disclose information to outside sources
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New Zealand international education renews outward focus
New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’
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UK funders order ‘short, sharp’ look at role of metrics in REF
Review to revisit conclusions of 2015’s The Metric Tide
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Universities mull expansion as Dutch student numbers grow
Surging international student numbers and regional economic demand seen as twin drivers
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Go ‘digital’, not ‘online’, to avoid spooking students – Leeds DVC
Jeff Grabill says lifelong learning will bring thousands more students to higher education, and universities must be honest about what they can expect
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Talking leadership 26: Walter Kimbrough on supporting poorer students
The president of Dillard University says that historically black colleges and universities do a better job than the Ivy League