Reducing research time is an attack on academic freedom
Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish
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Sector pushes back against Norway local language learning rule
Sector leaders warn that PhD students and academics could go elsewhere if requirement to gain proficiency in Norwegian goes ahead
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We must do more to help women found university spin-outs
Existing measures tend to focus on training to enhance women’s skills, rather than addressing structural and behavioural issues, says Mairi Gibbs
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Why Western governments turned backs on international students
Universities helped stoke ‘anxieties’ driving an anglophone retreat from internationalisation, scholar argues
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Calling out microaggressions on campus should start at the top
Promoting awareness of the impact words can have on others will create a psychologically safe space where staff, students can thrive, says Melissa Carr
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Ulster University Derry campus doubling intake to 10,000 students
Economy minister Conor Murphy says the expansion ‘is key to promoting regional balance, in line with my economic vision’
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Universities ‘need funding’ to adapt to community change
Communities are not static and campuses need to be able to roll with them, conference hears
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Kent saves languages but confirms anthropology and philosophy axe
University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts
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Republicans push new federal limits on US academia
Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states
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University equality efforts blamed for ‘hierarchy of oppression’
Professor says universities are still prioritising gender and other issues over tackling racism
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Dutch universities blocked from using gender quotas in admissions
Education inspectorate says quotas are unlawful after TU Delft attempts to address gender imbalance in aerospace engineering
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‘Unease’ among China scholars as Japan-based academic disappears
Scholars are growing increasingly wary of conducting research on and in China as the country strengthens national security laws
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Is ‘more speech’ always ‘disinfectant’ to hate speech, play asks
Harvard campus drama made famous by Bryan Cranston makes European premiere as Gaza protests debate adds fresh relevance
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Universities are not effective instruments of soft power
Chinese students in the Anglosphere want to develop their careers and learn English, not to be lectured about how terrible their homeland is, says Sibei Sun
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Bolton seeks Greater Manchester name to ‘level the playing field’
Institution hopes to become the University of Greater Manchester to boost its graduates’ employment prospects