Universities must better support students from foster care
Acknowledging such students’ difficult personal circumstances is an important first step to improving their graduation rates, says Ozalle Toms
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US universities rarely hire below their level of prestige
Huge study by Colorado researchers finds one in eight academics studied for their PhD at just five institutions
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Students risk being ‘forgotten’ in cost-of-living crisis – v-cs
Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans
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What is lost when academics teach to empty lecture halls?
Higher education needs to ‘find the right balance’ between online and in-person learning, says Sydney professor, after confronting empty lecture hall for the second time
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Amsterdam ‘experiment’ with language caps ‘legally risky’
A groaning university wants ministerial permission to impose separate English- and Dutch-language course caps
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Friday feeling: well-being survey responses ‘differ on weekends’
Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being
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Free speech champions seen as fix for academic freedom ‘crisis’
Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report
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Universities are the perfect fora for debating the Commonwealth’s future
It is no accident that universities are prominent in protests over ties to the slave trade and movements to decolonise education, says Joanna Newman
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World University Rankings 2023: coming soon
Prepare for the rankings launch of the year
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Unison members out on strike as new term gets under way
Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis
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‘Secret shower videos’ force Indian university’s week-long closure
Student groups condemn institution’s denials and call for ‘student-run’ body to look into sexual harassment on campus
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Times Higher Education acquires student events organiser BMI
Deal will ‘transform the events landscape for students looking to study abroad’, says chief executive
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Australian state to pay student recruitment agents’ commissions
WA says legal contracts and payment through institutions will avert unintended consequences
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Pensions ‘injustice’ pressures Hungary’s last public universities
Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised
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Talking leadership 42: Kuniko Tanioka on being a female leader in Japan
Shigakkan University president talks about being the odd one out in an ‘old boys’ club’ and about encouraging her students to carve their own path