Provost resigns over ‘morally wrong’ job cuts
Daniel Silber complains university was not giving staff being made redundant enough time to find a new role
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Universities ‘reinventing the wheel’ on virtual student exchange
Rather than repeating other institutions’ mistakes, universities should embrace established ‘modalities’ for collaborative online international learning – and appreciate it as more than a Covid...
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Grasping others’ perspective is the key to transformative learning
A reliance on critical thinking alone will fall foul of students’ cognitive biases, says James Southworth
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ߣߣÊÓƵ’s jobs-based pitch to international students ‘clumsy’
Focus should be on high-end jobs after students graduate – not low-end jobs while they study, sector leaders say
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Ministers rein in English student loan interest rate hike
Maximum interest rate capped at 7.3Â per cent, down from expected 12Â per cent
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Skills-based transcripts better demonstrate the value of degrees
If the emphasis in the job market is on skills-based hiring, a college transcript ought to reflect that, says Darren Catalano
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Stay of execution for UK’s European Research Council grants
Funder pushes deadline for awardees to finalise departure plans or lose EU funding back to 29 June
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MPs bid to hand ministers power to block Confucius Institutes
Amendment to free speech legislation would require higher education providers to report proposed partnerships with overseas organisations
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Clarify rules on China research collaboration, Canberra urged
ߣߣÊÓƵ will be the big loser from an exodus of Chinese researchers, academics warn
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‘Reckoning’ looms for indigenous knowledge collections
ߣߣÊÓƵ’s oldest university library adopts new protocols for acknowledgement, representation and access to indigenous material
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Professors contest Oxford harassment rules in free speech row
Policies ‘frustrating academic freedom’ by supressing lawful free speech, dons argue
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UK universities strike local deals to end marking boycotts
Local union branches secure major wins in long-running disputes but others left with nothing
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Psychology explains why students aren’t flocking back to campus
Our higher valuation of scarce commodities and our aversion to losing things we value now play in digital education’s favour, suggests Paul Penn
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UCL architecture school staff suspended over ‘toxic’ bullying
Independent report claims racism and sexual misconduct were covered up by ‘boys’ club’
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UK losing ground on international PhD student recruitment
UK has lost market share to research rivals despite taking on many more self-funded Chinese doctoral students, report finds