Equality leaders warn against ‘diluting’ Athena SWAN revamp
Letter says Advance HE’s response to review of equality charter may fail to fully address concerns over administrative burden and inconsistency in decision-making
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UK universities mull more charter flights in global student race
Moves could give UK an edge in race for new entrants over countries with tighter travel restrictions
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Gao kao under way despite virus concern and fairness criticism
China holds what is probably the world’s largest in-person event since Covid-19 began
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Teaching intelligence: how to support overseas Chinese students
Pastoral support for east Asian students has been re-engineered during lockdown and may offer lessons for the future
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Black Lives Matter is unlikely to end the racism rife in Australia’s academy
Progress will be very difficult if there is a loud cohort of academics who remain fundamentally opposed to it, says James Blackwell
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UK R&D’s new road map points the way to a more innovative future
The cash injection announced by the government last week is the most ambitious plan of its kind Ed Byrne has seen in 40 years
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‘No growth in student numbers’ under Australian funding proposals
Smoke and mirrors conceal lack of extra university places, losses to institutions and savings to government, former bureaucrat says
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THE Latin America University Rankings 2020: universities prove their value in a difficult year
The shock of Covid-19 has forced a re-evaluation of higher education, writes Ellie Bothwell
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THE Latin America University Rankings 2020: Covid comparisons
Chile leads region on life science citations, but performance on medical research is more even across major Latin American countries
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THE Latin America University Rankings 2020: results announced
Chilean university leads regional ranking for second year
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HE ‘relevance’ hinges on ability to ‘speak to new Tory voters’
Co-author of Conservative manifesto says universities’ ‘prosperity depends’ on grasp of changes since 2010
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Tsinghua law professor detained after outspoken criticism
Friends say Xu Zhangrun was taken from his home, months after he was suspended by his university
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Will Covid-19 trigger a new model of higher education in Latin America?
The pandemic drove learning worldwide into the digital sphere, but Latin America’s universities have responded slowly. Ellie Bothwell asks if the crisis will prompt the region to overcome the...
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US bars foreign students from online-only tuition
Trump administration says learners from overseas must attend in-person classes if their university offers them, and they can’t remain in the US if their college moves entirely online
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Australia leads the way on funding reform, but does price matter?
Fee reforms expose lack of understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of university funding policy