India ‘faces demographic disaster’ if education reforms fail
Success of India’s education reforms ‘matter tremendously to the world’ but foreign institutions will not solve country’s problems, says former UK universities minister
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Big lectures ‘a thing of the past’, says Berkeley chancellor
Experts say institution’s decision to scrap plans to build ‘gargantuan lecture hall’ provides ammunition to the argument for more evidence-based pedagogical practices
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US colleges push Biden on student aid but overlook their own role
Institutions that emphasise racial equity are less vociferous about addressing economic diversity in student body, some argue
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How to say no – and do it successfully
Mastering the art of saying 'no' is one way academics can protect themselves from spiralling workloads, says psychology lecturer Dean Fido
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Concern over pandemic’s unequal impact on TEF ratings
Experts fear submissions in 2021 won’t be able to appropriately account for wide range of disruptions to student experience caused by pandemic
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Archaeology’s fractures, highlighted by ‘The Dig’, must finally be filled in
As Netflix’s film on Sutton Hoo illustrates, collaboration between academic and commercial research enriches understanding of history, says Susan Greaney
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Overseas starters ‘down by a third’ at some English campuses
First student number survey for 2020-21 from Office for Students suggests other universities may increase recruitment Â
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Colleagues and family ‘distraught’ over academic’s Myanmar arrest
As military overlords revert to type, concerns mount over fate of detained Australian economist
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Urbanisation and equality ‘key for Indian development’
India could be HE ‘giant’ if social issues were addressed, expert says
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Is it too soon for a Nobel Prize for the Covid vaccine?
mRNA pioneers, Oxford vaccine scientists and Bill Gates are potential contenders for science’s top prize
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Nicholas Hitchon: the ‘Seven Up’ scientist known to millions
US-based British physicist reflects on his part in the series that has chronicled his life and scientific career
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How do we navigate the brave new world of online exams?
We must find ways to balance integrity, privacy, accessibility, workload and student expectations, say Jennifer Lawrence and Kylie Day
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Area studies must be decolonised
The discipline’s existence reflects an enduring Western belief in the inferiority of knowledge production specific to different cultures, says David Simon
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Charitable giving to US universities fell slightly last year
Annual survey attributes decline to pandemic and large Bloomberg donation the previous year, but says Black Lives Matter movement ‘likely played a positive role’ in philanthropy
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UK could lose 57 per cent of EU student numbers, says DfE study
Government finally publishes modelling that estimates loss of £63 million for UK universities from drop in enrolment of new EU students