Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto
Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants
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Outcry as Taliban arrests outspoken Afghan professor
Detention of Faizullah Jalal sparks protest in defence of legal scholar who publicly denounced the ruling regime
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Swiss and UK grantees left waiting as ERC announces awards
Success rate for prestigious starter grants drops below 10 per cent
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American Exceptionalism, by Ian Tyrrell
Carrie Tirado Bramen enjoys a wide-ranging analysis of an important concept that has recently been neglected by scholars
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Islamophobia row puts French campuses in crossfire as poll looms
Sciences Po Grenoble director calls for ‘calm and rationality’ after suspension of Klaus Kinzler leads to loss of regional funding
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US campuses chafing under Covid restrictions
Once a conservative rallying cry, calls to ease protections spread in academia as fast-moving Omicron variant appears less threatening
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UK’s lead on international mobility in Europe ‘shrinking’
Data suggest that European mobility and recruitment from Asia are rapidly diversifying campuses on the continent
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A physicist as minister could prompt a quantum leap in Dutch HE
Robbert Dijkgraaf's appointment to the Netherlands’ new government has got academics very excited, says Michèle Wera
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World University Rankings 2023: time to submit your data
Universities can now participate in the next edition of our global league table
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The UK has already met its overseas recruitment target. Time for another
With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman
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The academic world must react to the Pillar of Shame’s removal
Hong Kong University’s legally dubious dismantling of the monument to Tiananmen Square should provoke global outrage, says Phil C.W. Chan
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Sacked lecturer who university refused to reinstate awarded £100K
Union accuses Huddersfield of ‘cold and calculated’ decision not to give Jonathan Duxbury his old job back
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‘Stupid’ squabble over Paris name ‘sets France back 15 years’
Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who’s who among republic’s reassembled universities
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Safeguards on laboratory-modified viruses ‘inadequate’
Experts warn of dangerous abandonment of long-standing ethical limits in pursuits of human vaccines and wildlife management
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Australia’s new research direction is a road to nowhere
Pushing the ARC to focus on commercialisation neglects the complex interdependency between basic and applied research, says Duncan Ivison