Universities rattled as multi-employer bargaining gets go-ahead
While unions see applications in the private college sector, Australian universities worry about being forced to enter collective bargaining
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Taking students’ phones away really does help them learn – study
Those forced to surrender their technology at the door show higher rates of comprehension and mindfulness, plus less anxiety
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Race equality ranking planned to shake up sector’s slow progress
University leader compiles data to ‘point the finger’ at institutions still lagging behind equality commitments
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Iceland’s university casino idea ‘preposterous’
Leaked pitch for gambling hall and online expansion comes after university experts warn majority of income likely to come from addicts
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If the UK bans overseas students, guards will have lonely Christmases
The campus security desk is often the first and last port of call for jet-lagged and far-from-home students, says George Bass
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SUNY hires former US education secretary John King as chancellor
Nation’s largest higher education system gets its first black and Puerto Rican chancellor, in the hope of translating size into prominence and equity, while also stemming demographic declines
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Chinese school-leavers look closer to home for overseas study
Cultural familiarity, sense of safety and soaring rankings foster interest in nearby countries
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US academia ‘will never reach racial parity’ on current progress
But analysis says faculty could become representative of the wider population within three decades if universities make meaningful shifts in hiring
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Eight per cent pay rise would end strikes, say employment experts
Academics doubtful that universities will be prepared to offer increases seen in other UK sectors
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Australian union rebuffs university bid to ‘simplify’ casual pay
As underpayment claims embroil at least half the sector, Griffith’s proposed circuit breaker provokes more discord
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For better education, let’s cut bloated administrations and class sizes
Faculty need to find ways of seizing back the control that’s been wrested from them in the past few decades, says Gayle Greene
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Australia and New Zealand face bumpy road to open access research
‘Read and publish’ deals must not be the only game in town, critic warns
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California strike presses universities to solve housing dilemma
Top research universities have long cited their value in growing local economies, but massive graduate student walkout suggests a critical need to better protect the people who make the magic happen
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Plan to limit international student recruitment ‘driven by No 10’
Proposals said to have brought opposition from DfE and to have potential to end post-study work rights for graduates of institutions deemed substandard
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Australian university combines PhD and MBA in national first
Joint programme eyes trifecta of research skills, disciplinary knowledge and business acumen