US university professor helps beat Trump on Twitter blocking
Despite win, academic acknowledges critics of tactic of rapid-fire attacks on president
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Harvard fires fencing coach after admissions probe
The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father
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US Women’s World Cup victory is a goal for university athletics
Decades of investment in US collegiate athletic programmes have built global talent incubators for women’s football, says Sara Custer
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The need to do more with less is driving the mental health crisis
Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee
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UK universities ‘sleepwalking into environmental disaster’
Joy Carter says fellow v-cs must act on climate emergency and make sustainability integral to all teaching and a ‘way of life’ on campus
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Bias towards domestic leaders undermines ‘global market for talent’ talk
Data on nationality of presidents and vice-chancellors among top 400 institutions shows vast majority come from own system
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Australia’s post-study work visa ‘doesn’t help land jobs’
Report sheds light on international graduates’ motivations for staying on
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Study or work? Students struggling either way
Housing and food costs interfering with study, Melbourne study finds
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Academics should stop being so sniffy about TED
Giving short online talks for a general audience offers benefits for individuals, subjects and the entire profession, says Kristen Sadler
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More clarity is needed over hybrid journals’ Plan S compliance
Recent confusion over The Lancet’s stance on green open access highlights the difficulty for support staff in preparing researchers for the new rules, says Alice Gibson
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Hertfordshire history cuts prompt fears for research beyond elite
‘Pockets of excellence’ in non-Russell Group institutions could be emptied, some fear
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EU accused of excluding UK from European Education Area
While some claim UK unfairly ‘left in dark’ outside harmonisation project, other believe situation simply reflects ‘sad fact’ of Brexit
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Funding uncertainty confounds Australian university plans
Time running out for clarity on course subsidies, experts warn
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Academic conferences ‘lack protections against sexual harassment’
Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds
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Kamala Harris’ HE record prioritises affordability and minority access
Daughter of academic immigrants has plenty of history on higher education policies