Do we really need deans and provosts?
The pandemic may just push US colleges and universities to do what they should have done a long time ago: reorganise, says Michael Hadjiargyrou
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Allan Rechtschaffen, 1927-2021
Tributes paid to ‘single-minded’ researcher who could tell you anything ‘you ever needed to know about sleep’
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Be ready for anything
Higher education looks to be beset by any number of challenges in 2022, not least more Covid disruption. Resilience may again be the year’s watchword
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On Diversity, by Russell Jacoby
Michael Marinetto enjoys a bold attempt to challenge one of the great pieties of our time
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Keeping their heads down: how are Afghan students faring in the West?
Students who escaped the chaos in Kabul are beginning their second terms at overseas universities. But can they concentrate on their studies amid trauma, worries about their families and uncertainty...
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Interview with Judith Giesberg
The historian raised in a military family talks about her interest in both war and community, and the formative class which shaped that
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Transgender disputes threaten to split university unions
Gender critical theory and harassment move up agenda as major battles over pay and pensions loom
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Hepi: ‘first-generation student’ tag unhelpful for admissions
Appealing narrative attached to ‘first-in-family’ students may obscure the actual extent of their social disadvantage, says researcher
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UK ‘missing out on talent’ as eastern European enrolment plummets
Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa
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New network takes aim at natural disasters and workforce needs
While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, Australia’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack
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6 January 2022 digital edition
No more juggling: is block teaching the future of learning?
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Kent Fuchs to step down as University of Florida president
President to leave amid political interference by Republican governor, after strong record of student, faculty and research growth since 2015
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Is block teaching the future of university pedagogy?
Teaching modules intensively, rather than in parallel, has had positive results at the handful of institutions that have tried it. But would it work for all students and all subjects? And would...
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New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force
Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas