Calls to decolonise assessment do students a disservice
Manipulating assessment to generate equal outcomes sabotages an engine of fairness in a meritocratic society, says Glenn Fulcher
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Northwestern picks Rebecca Blank as president
Current chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison will be private institution’s first female leader
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Nobel prize in economics honours natural experimentation
Card, Angrist and Imbens of Berkeley, MIT and Stanford take honour for social investigations
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What are you reading? – October 2021
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan
Harvard Beijing Academy becomes Harvard Taipei Academy, amid concern about friendliness and accommodation
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‘Mixed messages’ on face coverings on campus ‘harm compliance’
Crowdsourced data suggest some institutions have toned down their rules on masks in recent months
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Publishing paper in top journal costs about $1,000, says study
Prestigious scientific journals are charging vastly more than the costs they incur for each article published, claims contested study
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Would you like to join our new World University Rankings advisory board?
 We are looking for people who are passionately committed to higher education and can be ‘critical friends’ to the rankings
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Nobel wins show basic research ‘key to climate battle’
Environment-linked discoveries dominating Nobel Prize list demonstrate enduring need to support fundamental science, say experts
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South-east Asian universities should be externally audited
When observance of university rules is subservient to internal political considerations, standards and fairness suffer, says Afroz Shah
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ߣߣÊÓƵn academics hunker down as pandemic rages
Scientists less likely to risk switching jobs despite rising fatigue, flagging morale and gender equity going backwards
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US universities take closer look at faculty distractions
China crackdown remains controversial, but institutions advised of broader reasons to keep tabs on scientists
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The world needs human ecology
Questioning and rethinking how and where we live will determine whether we go on living at all, says Ulrich Loening
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Chinese students let guard down against Covid-19 after jabs
Continued efforts to communicate importance of protective behaviour is vital, say researchers
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Universities must embrace working-class academics, students and culture
In the absence of an express prohibition of class discrimination, a new code offers a beginning for dialogue, says Geraldine Van Bueren