Staff and students protest Mississippi chancellor choice
Flagship campus to be led by educator who advised on hiring and previously worked in schools with segregationist past
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Hong Kong universities fear reputation impact as protests go on
Institutions’ status hinges on city’s high level of academic freedom and position as global travel hub
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New Danish government ends budget squeeze – except for humanities
New Social Democrat administration drops annual 2 per cent saving target, but could end teaching subsidy for humanities and social sciences
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Student fees and funding ‘key battleground’ in Canadian election
Main political parties take different approaches to improving affordability of higher education
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Australian performance-based funding system ‘a game of chance’
Focus on graduate employment means universities will be judged on an issue over which they have limited control
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Australian academics want research permits in Indonesia treaty
Piggybacking on free trade negotiations could remove administrative hurdles and discourage ‘lone wolf’ researchers
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The Italian miracle is an illusion
Improved citation performance amid falling funding is the result of gaming, say Alberto Baccini, Eugenio Petrovich and Giuseppe De Nicolao
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Singapore university’s 20-year enrolment a challenge for staff
Tan Eng Chye reflects on how pioneering lifelong learning programme has fared in its first year
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A variety of open access models is needed to be truly inclusive of all research
Open access requirements for arts, humanities and social sciences need to reflect the distinctive nature of those disciplines, writes Sarah Kember
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Traditional student housing may be less profitable but it’s better for GPAs
Universities should offer residence halls that support students’ socialising rather than expensive luxury-style apartments, argue Fred Volk and Joshua Brown
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Six out of 10 contract cheating cases spotted using new software
Turnitin tool offers limited improvement in detection rate
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US academics ‘reluctant to help universities save money’
Funding challenges need cooperative spirit among educators, finance officers say
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Death of the monograph greatly exaggerated, say academics
Report suggests researchers feel there is no substitute for the traditional book-length contribution to knowledge
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MEPs supportive of research chief’s drive to close east-west gap
Some parliamentarians hope Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel will reshape the EU’s new research package to spread grants more evenly across the continent
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The distance learning dilemma
Are distance learning programmes still a profitable and academically beneficial pursuit for universities? Neil Kemp asks