Life still trumps work for female researchers in the Middle East
The unrelenting social pressure to take on all domestic duties leaves women little time for professional advancement, says Sabrin Ramadhan
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More Russian ties cut as Europe offers help to Ukraine colleagues
Symbolic and practical support has come from across Europe, but views differ on whether continued Russian cooperation could end or abet the conflict
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Volunteers scramble to help overseas students fleeing Ukraine
Amid chaos, non-profit groups work to help an estimated 20,000 Indians leave war zone
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Uncertainty on wait lists as US colleges face enrolment disruption
Selective institutions again face backsliding in perennial challenge of guessing how many admitted students will accept
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Hungarian election brings little hope for academics
Orbán administration’s illiberal intrusions into institutional governance will be ‘difficult’ to reverse, say scholars
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Fee freeze ‘risks exacerbating’ shift away from UK undergraduates
Warning comes as data on English student numbers suggest institutions growing international master’s cohorts
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Top Chinese graduates opt to stay at home for postgraduate study
Proportion of leavers going overseas for further courses on a downward trend that predates pandemic
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Staff-student relationships should be strongly discouraged
Universities have a duty to protect students from the power imbalance inherent in a personal relationship with a staff member, says Cara Aitchison
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Australian research commercialisation ‘can generate billions’
If just one in 20 supported technologies hits paydirt, new fund will pay for itself, says STEM lobby
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Academics underestimate willingness of PhDs to use fake data
Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study
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One-person redundancy round claims university council member
Swinburne says former councillor and union rep was not targeted, but he says redundancy criteria were written for him
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‘We know what the problems are’: UK PhD consultation ‘vague’
Scholars and PhD students voice frustration at lack of concrete plans in consultation on ‘new deal’ for postgraduate researchers
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Russian academics risk arrest to oppose Ukraine war
Scholars expressing ‘shock and horror’ call for ‘immediate stop’ to Putin’s ‘senseless’ invasion
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Staff-student sexual misconduct guidance ‘a missed opportunity’
Group that had input into document says it seeks to ‘shore up’ institutions’ reputations rather than make a difference for students
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Oxbridge’s internal politics players need closer peer scrutiny
As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans