Jenkyns’ ‘Harry Potter studies’ jibe at universities ‘appalling’
Claim universities feed students ‘anti-British history’ was ‘cheap wisecrack’ when ‘mature debate’ needed, says ex-No 10 adviser
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Quantum scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
Research by Nobel laureates is now being used for encrypted communications, says Nobel Prize committee
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UK sector agencies Jisc and Hesa complete merger
Union achieves key aim of 2017 Bell review of sector organisations
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Debate stonewalled as speakers desert ‘trans-exclusionary’ forum
Advocates abandon Melbourne seminar over Australia’s answer to Diversity Champions Programme, citing presence of opponents
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Underfunding basic research is a recipe for disaster
Entrepreneurs are the new kings, but academics doing basic research are key to our future – and they need proper funding, says Brian Schmidt
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Talking Leadership 44: Alice Gast on championing ‘risk-taking’ foreign students
Compelling stories of how foreign-born founders drive economic prosperity are more likely to convince policymakers about the need to embrace overseas students, says Alice Gast, who recently stepped...
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Can Japan’s ¥10 trillion excellence drive transform its research?
Scholars warn that Tokyo’s cash injection will reward the few over the many, pushing top institutions closer to industry at the expense of basic research, social sciences and humanities
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Retraction of masturbation study ‘troubling for free speech’
New York-based manga comic expert claims withdrawal of Karl Andersson’s controversial paper may ‘stifle innovation and scholarship’ in future
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Aid-setting exemption ends for top US universities
As legal challenge gains, Congress avoids renewing provision seen letting elite campuses tie financial offers to student ability to pay
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Reactionary lecturers ‘emboldened’ by incoming Italian government
But political scientists and politician-scientist say the country’s rightward shift poses ‘no risk’ to academic freedom or international recruitment
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US exchanges offer hope for University of the South Pacific
Biden administration comes to the party, as cash-strapped regional institution seeks new ‘development partners’
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We need equal sabbatical opportunity
Scholars from the Global South have vastly fewer international options than those from the Global North, says Srila Roy
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Jenkyns: universities offer ‘Harry Potter studies’ and ‘Marxism’
Minister’s comments at Conservative conference reignite culture wars over universities
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Nusrat Ghani named UK science minister
Strong critic of Chinese human rights abuses takes on brief after hiatus of several months
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V-cs ‘disappointed’ by Braverman’s overseas students comments
New home secretary concerned about dependants ‘piggybacking’ on family members’ student visas