Incentivise staff to take part in innovation, universities told
Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions’ commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out
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US universities ‘focus on diversity data and ignore racism’
In first policy conference since Covid and Floyd, state higher education leaders told they may be harming racial progress more than aiding it
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UK spending pledge may change minds over Horizon Europe exit
UK scientists may increasingly want to take the £7 billion for research offered by Treasury rather than wait for EU wrangling to finish, say research experts
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Academic fatigue over strikes leaves union facing uncertain path
Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn’t mask the unhappiness across sector
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More English universities sign up to IHRA antisemitism definition
OfS releases latest figures on universities adopting definition following ministerial pressure
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Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!
The crisis in peer reviewing can be overcome if journals and universities do more to incentivise it, say Dirk Lindebaum and Peter Jordan
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‘Signals positive’ for overseas students’ return, says UTS v-c
As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, ‘it’s the right time for us to shine’, says new head Andrew Parfitt
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Donelan and Olusoga top the agenda for THE Campus Live UK&IE
Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops
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UTS taps deputy Andrew Parfitt as vice-chancellor
In-house appointment breaks with trend of selecting leaders from outside the country, or outside academia
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Don’t rush potential higher education White Paper, Zahawi urged
Suggestions of significant ministerial plan to ‘improve higher education’ this month bring warning not to harm universities’ levelling-up work
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Associate deans ‘less likely to be top research performers’
Paper also suggests higher performers in business schools received lower salary bump if climbing the departmental ladder
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‘We have very little hope’: Brazilian scientists’ despair at cuts
Ninety per cent federal funding cut will leave research projects unfinished and cause massive brain drain, experts warn
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Nicola Dandridge to step down from Office for Students next year
Chief executive’s departure may help new chair to reshape English sector regulator
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Why did no one warn me about conference sexual predators?
Shrugging is not good enough. Victims must be supported to speak out – and conference organisers must act, says Kirsten England
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The strike vote turnout is neither unusual nor surprising
Inequality, Covid exhaustion, sympathy for students, fear of public opinion and frustration with UCU tactics are all factors, says Glen O’Hara