South African universities need a national conflict resolution service
Last week’s arson at Fort Hare underlines how destructive tensions between students and university leaders have become, says Pikolomzi Qaba
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LSE professor shares Nobel economics prize for innovation work
Rare win for Europe-based economist sees Philippe Aghion rewarded for mathematical modelling of how ‘creative destruction’ underpins growth
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Former university executive named shadow education minister
Antisemitism and Indigenous voice campaigner Julian Leeser appointed Liberal education spokesman
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Phillipson tells universities to ‘rid campuses of antisemitism’
Training sessions to be rolled out to educate university staff on identifying harassment and supporting students
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Competition law exemption ‘needed to prevent courses dying out’
Attempts to quell universities’ fears about competition laws may actually be heightening anxiety over collaboration in cash-strapped sector
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Spike in student recruitment from Bangladesh prompts warnings
Australian enrolments from eighth most populous country quadruple but some institutions in UK suspending ‘high risk’ ties
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National skills wallet ‘would help more students into work’
UK policymakers urged to replace ‘outdated’ system with nationwide digital programme for logging academic credentials
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Will superuniversities save UK HE?
The quasi-merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich has raised questions about how many other higher education institutions might see an opportunity – or a necessity – to team up as financial...
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Universities must become more open to non-academic talent
Both within management and the professoriate, the need for a wider range of experience and skills is only getting stronger, says Marcus Munafò
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Work rights for foreign students in Vietnam ‘sends strong signal’
Proposal could help international students assimilate better into society but low pay and potential for abuse need to be addressed, say experts
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Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes
University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences
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Indian foreign campus push ‘needs supervision but not bureaucracy’
Regulators should consider insisting that branch campuses offer scholarships to avoid ‘two-tier’ system, say experts
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Saudi’s first arts university ‘vital to growing cultural sector’
Minister Noha Kattan says Riyadh University of Arts will provide talent for a Saudi arts economy likely to employ 300,000 people by end of the decade
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Married Nobel-winning economists move from US to Europe
Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on anti-fascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats