Empathy with students is important – but it is very difficult
His experience teaching in Iraq has underlined for Jack R. Williams the perils of simply extrapolating from personal experience
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India and Indonesia among UK sector’s priority overseas markets
Update to government’s international education strategy names five target countries and provides more detail on Turing scheme
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Even those who drop out of university should have their progress certified
Flexibility around degree provision is the only way to ensure that workforces are equipped for the future, says Liz Barnes
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Minister: traditional higher education model ‘no longer relevant’
Long-standing divides between schooling, employment and industry will be disrupted, predicts Singapore MP
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India hands £5 billion budget to new research funder
Budget also aims to cut bureaucracy and open up internationalisation avenuesÂ
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MPs back Conservative peer to lead English sector regulator
Education Select Committee endorses appointment of Lord Wharton as Office for Students chair
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Pacific v-c fights for job as council fails to resolve crisis
Crisis precipitated by proposal that could have shifted pan-Pacific university’s headquarters from Fiji, embattled leader says
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Publishers claim Plan S’ repository rules will bankrupt journals
Major scholarly publishers warn that some titles will become unviable unless open access scheme changes tack on compliance
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Collecting data online is fast, but do we lose too much context?
The ‘feel’ for a person that comes from encountering them in their home is difficult to replicate in depth online, says Graham Crow
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How to navigate choppy, elitist waters as a working-class academic
It will do no harm to find colleagues who understand the role of social, economic and cultural backgrounds in academia, says Carole Binns
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Kehinde Andrews: Enlightenment ideals perpetuate racism in academy
Pioneering black studies professor calls on universities to reflect on their history and the forms of knowledge they exclude
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The UK government must do more to help students through the pandemic
Announced increases in hardship funding are not enough, while missed educational opportunities must be replaced, says Paul Blomfield
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New Adelaide v-c rebuffs criticism over China ties
Peter Høj insists he is not Mr Fix-it, after taking over his second crisis-struck university, but acknowledges need to listen to staff concerns
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The Failures of Philosophy: AÂ Historical Essay, by Stephen Gaukroger
Jane O’Grady grapples with an ambitious attempt to rethink the development of philosophy from the ancient Greeks until today
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From hurried to heroic
Academics might have scrambled to adjust to online teaching but their expertise has taken flight and merits a global platform to share it