Science minister’s ‘investment security’ brief raises concerns
Appointment may reflect shift towards a ‘harder-edged, more hawkish’ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts
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Growing theological university eyes new role in Australian sector
After agreeing takeover of three more colleges, the University of Divinity looks to other fields – and states – for renewal
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Toe the line or get drafted: Russian students walk tightrope
Academics say mobilisation gives universities a powerful tool, with learners who get expelled facing being sent to the Ukrainian front
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The Ukraine invasion must spur Russian studies to decolonise itself
Scholars need to address how the legacy of Russian writers and artists is taught to students and the public, says Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
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Fear of missing out on fun ‘drives students to plagiarism’
Researcher encourages universities to talk openly about Fomo and the risk it poses to young students
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New Zealand strikes: university staff walk out over pay
Staff down tools as pay and university funding alike drift well behind inflation
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Iranian protests gain momentum as students demand ‘revolution’
It’s the ‘start of a revolution’, students chant in third week of protests
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Click chemistry pioneers win Nobel prize
Trailblazers of a molecule linking technique honoured, including one who becomes a laureate for the second time
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World University Rankings 2023: methodology
From the information that we gather from institutions across the globe, we rigorously compile our World University Rankings. This is how we assess data on about 1,800 institutions to produce the...
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Society benefits from industry partnerships – but there are provisos
Quality, ethics, good governance and impact monitoring must all be safeguarded from the outset, says Zeblon Vilakazi
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MEP: ‘symbolic’ budget cut ‘defunds 50 potential Nobel winners’
European finance ministers told to abandon ‘absurd’ plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget
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Universities circle as Anthony Fauci plans next career move
Nation’s top doctor, a celebrity after Covid, says he’d like a campus posting to write, lecture and share 60 years of experience
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Paying gas bills with reserves ‘risks punishing good management’
French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs
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Deborah Prentice: Cambridge’s ‘pragmatic’ psychologist-in-chief
Princeton ‘lifer’ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status
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Universities want better, but bullying won’t get them there
A recent email by a UK vice-chancellor is a case study in how not to inspire people to go beyond the call of duty, say two management scholars