Otago medical students turned foreign placements into holidays
Decades of leniency encouraged scores of final-year students to fake their overseas placements and go ‘sightseeing’
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Subject diversity improving globally but US and UK buck trend
Report from Clarivate also raises fundamental questions about how disciplinary priorities are shaped
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US academia defends critical race theory amid political onslaught
Professors and institutions admit worry as at least 20 US states move to block curricula exploring systemic biases
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Young University Rankings 2021: methodology
To ensure that more recently established universities are measured fairly for the Young University Rankings 2021, we have made some modifications to our world rankings methodology, as we explain here
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Excellence and access ‘not mutually exclusive’, says Exeter v-c
Lisa Roberts highlights increasing state school admissions as key priority and rejects ‘death of the lecture’ strategy
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A new code is no weapon against excessive self-citation
In the absence of agreed definitions and rigorous enforcement, good practice will continue to depend on personal responsibility, says Ron Iphofen
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Australians fear Chinese impact on free speech and course places
Chinese students bring benefits but universities are too reliant on them and Canberra should ‘take a harder line’, respondents say
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Academic life for women ‘is like snakes and ladders’
Efforts will only go so far without changes to ‘mindsets’ in Asia, says editor of new book
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Digital shift ‘chance to bring free HE to world’s poor’
Sustainable development expert Jeffrey Sachs also warns against rise of a ‘monopoly Amazon university’
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National Institutes of Health axes 75 grants over harassment
Tally of cases since 2018 largely stems from anonymous hotline and mostly involves sexual misconduct
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V-cs go for pension reforms but USS wants ‘stronger assurances’
Universities UK on collision course with unions, which warn reforms could cost members thousands of pounds annually in retirement
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Leading black rights activist sees hope emerge in Canada
After decade tackling Indigenous mistreatment, nation and its universities widening racial agenda, says Afua Cooper
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Teaching-only universities could make comeback in Australia
Australian minister’s call for specialisation fosters speculation that rejected idea could be resurrected
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Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study
Male academics assessed more highly if they work at a top-ranked university but same bias does not materialise for female scholars
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Careers Clinic: top tips for succeeding in a job interview
THE’s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question