Closing our English literature degree is not an attack on the humanities
We distract from the debate on the importance of the arts if we don’t review and re-energise our humanities offerings, says Chris Husbands
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Recruitment reforms urged to curb French ‘moustache positions’
Parisian professor says hers is the first to appoint a selection committee by lot, an approach that should be taken up nationwide
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Will China ever recover its international student flows?
Higher education analysts mull China’s continued attractiveness as a student destination amid its zero-Covid policy and scant foreign student returnees
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US abortion ruling ‘another blow’ to women’s educational chances
Estimated 180,000 students – mostly low-income women – face disruption to academic careers as states allowed to forbid female healthcare
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Repression or ‘polite reticence’? Unpacking self-censorship
Dearth of data undermines understanding of cancel culture and other campus codes of silence
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Talking leadership 32: John Cater on being UK HE’s longest-serving leader
The vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University discusses centralising spending, climbing up the rankings and leading the institution for almost 30 years
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Our study shows multidisciplinarity is a risky career move
The higher their performance, the more interdisciplinary scientists are penalised by colleagues as a threat to the status quo, find four researchers
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Donelan tells universities to consider leaving equality schemes
English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech
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English regulator paid £80K to ‘terminate’ access chief’s role
Office for Students accounts also confirm £915,000 payment to for-profit college that successfully challenged refusal of registration in court
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US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity
Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt
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Will Labour commit to a graduate tax in England?
Starmer also expected to consider ‘fudge’ manifesto pledge to review university funding, with party set to drop Corbyn-era policy
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ߣߣÊÓƵn science on edge as ministerial sign-off rule looms
While some fields have been exempted from a contentious imposition on international doctoral students, sector still fears overkill
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Screening graduates by university is outdated in the information age
When employers and governments state preferences for particular universities, it further overheats entry competition, says Hiroshi Ono
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No 10’s U-turn on UK maths funding ‘short-sighted’
Ditching high-profile pledge to spend £300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn
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Better public polling may help restore confidence in higher education
While the results may be difficult to hear, they might provide some pointers on how universities can improve their image, says Zachary Michael Jack