Leading gender scholar met with angry protests in Brazil
Effigy of Berkeley professor Judith Butler burned outside São Paulo conference
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Overseas student enrolment in US ‘falls by 7 per cent’ post-Trump
Universities cite concerns around US’ social and political climate in IIE study
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The top 10 UK higher education social media superstars of 2017
Jisc has revealed its top social media superstars of the year, writes Chris Parr
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Contract cheating and essay mills: how much proof do you need?
If members of a jury can understand ‘beyond reasonable doubt’, then so too can university panels, says Daniel Sokol
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World University Rankings: boosting both competition and collaboration
Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by both competitive and collaborative spirit, and the rankings can boost both, says Phil Baty
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Virginia president puts academic freedom at heart of China speech
'Unrestrictive' governance is vital if universities are to attain world-class status, says Teresa A. Sullivan
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The end of time sheets? EU pilots ‘trust-based’ grant funding
Observers hope scrapping financial audits could lead other funders to cut down on research grant bureaucracy
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How successful will universities be at signing up students to go abroad?
UUK International wants every UK university to join its ‘Go International’ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells
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Professors leave UK university after ‘destructive’ audit and ratings
Several top researchers exit Teesside after professors given individual ratings out of 32, senior academic claims
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Forget the money – think of the people we could lose if Brexit is mismanaged
European staff have helped make the UK higher education system a world leader, says Sarah Stevens, and we need to ensure that they continue to do so
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Retract Macchiarini papers, rules Swedish investigation
Swedish research ethics board finds researchers guilty of scientific misconduct
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Policies and strategies not enough to tackle campus sexual harassment
Vice-chancellors must make a sustained commitment to cultural change to ensure that violence, harassment and hate crime on campus are things of the past, writes Janet Beer
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Target UK’s black female professor deficit ‘with bespoke strategy’
Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor
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Singapore university dean to step down following controversy
Kishore Mahbubani sparked backlash after suggesting Singapore should 'behave like a small state'
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US free speech tracker aims to ‘calm things down’
Georgetown project shows that it’s not just students but also the ‘grown-ups’ in society who are struggling to find right balance, says director