Canadian higher education makes major push for equity
Year of collective assessment after Floyd killing leaves nation’s top universities promising firm diversity goals with publicly measurable outcomes
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‘Strike early’ to cultivate tomorrow’s researchers
Research at undergraduate level engages students and helps keep the academic pipeline flowing
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Citizen science makes breakthrough post-pandemic
Equity challenges loom, but solidifying evidence of value brings academic stature to science of partnering with the public
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US colleges get new challenge on tuition fee discounts
Former corporate finance analyst promises to help students negotiate campus aid awards in return for a cut
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Ageing workforce in non-science fields ‘not good news’ for UK
While some disciplines naturally have older researchers, more job security is needed to attract young, experts say
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Western universities need to adopt a more Chinese-friendly pedagogy
Meeting the Confucian approach halfway will protect student recruitment and might even stimulate a new politics of mutual benefit, says Paul Breen
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Relief as UK’s ‘very high quality’ global research hubs saved
Massive cuts to GCRF-funded research hubs will not continue next year after they won praise from a Whitehall review, UK Research and Innovation confirms
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WUR 3.0: the new methodology for the World University Rankings
We answer your questions about the next framework for the rankings
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Rethink time needed for online teaching, universities urged
Allowance needed for ‘upfront’ time cost of creating digital content, event hears
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Louise Richardson to leave Oxford for Carnegie Corporation
Vice-chancellor to take over as president of New York philanthropic fund at the start of 2023
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Does science have all the answers – is philosophy dead?
A physicist and two philosophers reflect on the value of their respective disciplines
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Life Is Simple, by Johnjoe McFadden
Geoffrey Cantor has mixed feelings about a bold attempt to put a 14th-century friar at the heart of our understanding of science
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Should graduate employment data be used to decide course funding?
Amid concern on graduate employment in Westminster and across West, looking at funding systems that put labour market demand at centre is instructive
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Changing of guard in Hong Kong leadership ‘may narrow diversity’
International candidates may be reluctant to follow departing Taiwan-born university heads, say scholars
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Shutdowns drive master’s students’ workload and contact concerns
Overall satisfaction drops to lowest level since Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey began