Liberty on a leash
Universities are autonomous in principle but their financial reliance on the state means conflict is inevitable – and suppression is a very real threat
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Research council’s in-house experts join grant veto rebellion
Backlash grows to include proposed legislation to remove ministers’ power to cancel funding applications
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Australia offers to refund international students’ visa fees
Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages
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Princeton student sues university over Iran jailing
Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality
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Ministers cancel campus mask advice as Plan B rolled back
English universities should ‘deliver face-to-face teaching without restrictions’, says Department for Education
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The New Female Antihero, by Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman
Catherine Rottenberg enjoys an analysis of a new generation of characters who are transforming the narrative possibilities for women on screen
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Interview with Rama Govindarajan
Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class
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Fraser Woodburn, 1951-2021
Tributes paid to administrator of ‘immense ability’ who spent 17 years as secretary of the Open University
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Universities spend £600 million on severance pay in four years
Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England
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Australians fear brain drain after ‘boneheaded’ grant vetoes
Ex-prime minister says cancellation of funding ‘betrays government’s hostility to higher education’
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The week in higher education – 20 January 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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TEF gets ‘requires improvement’ badge for ‘absence of excellence’
Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation
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Six in 10 graduates must get professional jobs, universities told
Latest stage of English plan to tackle ‘poor quality’ via absolute baselines for student outcomes brings threat of punishment for institutions that fall short
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Harassment and discrimination are still rife within universities
A recent survey confirms that higher education continues to offer a safe environment for a certain kind of abuser: the successful professor who brings in large grants, say Nanna Haug Hilton and ...