Minneapolis universities up security in response to ICE protests

Uncertain future for Neom U as Saudi megacity scaled back

New flagship institution intended to rival region’s best faces lengthy delays as highly ambitious plans to create sustainable city in the desert unravel

War pushes Ukraine’s academic journals towards open access

International partners step up offers of help as editors battle power cuts, brain drain and ongoing uncertainties of conflict to keep research publishing alive

Enhanced monitoring ‘politicising’ college donations from Qatar

Scholars criticise ‘crude’ exercise as Middle Eastern country tops list of donors after US institutions forced to disclose foreign funds

Retaining Welsh students key to saving universities, says Plaid

Plaid Cymru’s education spokesperson discusses plan to reverse decline in student numbers as nationalist party targets victory in upcoming elections

Redundancies don’t have to destroy trust: a tale of two business schools

During times of austerity, when trust and cooperation are needed most, their absence results in division, secrecy and vengeance, says a UK academic

Open data mandates losing support among researchers

Early enthusiasm for compulsory datasets has given way to ‘more qualified views’ on compliance, finds long-running survey

Oxford drops bespoke entrance exams in admissions shake-up

University to adopt tests used by other leading institutions, spelling end to complex system of internally administered exams

Spate of firings show how tenure is under threat

Bournemouth embraces ‘mission-led’ drive with ageing research

Labour’s push for more research specialisation fits south coast institution’s growing focus on pensioner health, say professors

‘Linguistic snobbery’ in peer review ‘hurts new researchers’

Native English speakers accused of abusing anonymous feedback to offer ‘biting critiques’ of language rather than scholarship

More stability beckons for Australian international education

Analyst predicts end to enrolment uncertainty despite pressure on South Asia, onshore demand and postgraduate programmes

Can Hong Kong’s internationalisation push attract non-Chinese students?

The territory has recently raised its cap on non-local students twice, with it set to reach 50 per cent next year. But amid geopolitical tensions and Western concerns about freedom, is it realistic...

Covid prompted new ways to publish research – it’s time to embrace them

The pandemic showed the benefits of a system based around reviewing preprints. Why was eLife the only journal to respond, asks Damian Pattinson

Universities a ‘threat to misinformation’ in post-truth era

Authors of new book Knowledge Under Siege argue academics are uniquely capable of being a ‘thorn in the side’ of authoritarian regimes