Latin America University Rankings 2021 digital edition
Throughout the disruption and privations of the pandemic, Latin America’s institutions have gone the extra mile to support their students, while remaining focused on improving standards
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France to back not-for-profit diamond journals
Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead
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Is it a good idea to treat postgraduate researchers as staff?
As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world
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Economics ‘standing still or going backwards’ on diversity in UK
Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society
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We need an honest appraisal of what went right and wrong during Covid
It will take real courage to unpack the failures of leaders over the past year, but there are important lessons to be learned, says Patrick Sanaghan
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Keep campus mask mandates, union urges, as Covid restrictions end
University and College Union warns English universities could become ‘incubators for Covid’ without robust safety measures
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Half of female carers in academia without flexible working
Pandemic could reverse gender-equity advances in Asia-Pacific region, researchers warn
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Tackling Latin America’s social problems demands Covid-era collaboration
Our innovative, empathic and cooperative approach to the pandemic needs to be used to address more deep-seated problems such as poverty and inequality, says Chantal Jouannet Valderrama
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New IoE director wants institute to lead decolonisation agenda
Li Wei also expresses concern about state of modern language teaching in UK
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After UNC tenure battle, bigger fights ahead for US colleges
Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies
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Smaller US colleges try big fee cuts to tempt students back
Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half
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Labour: campus free speech bill ‘gives free rein to extremists’
Opposition says it will vote against bill at second reading and urges Tories to join them
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The UK’s percentage scale is unfair and fuels grade inflation
Unequal degree classification ranges mean that improvements get more reward at the higher end, say Andy Grayson, Susannah Lamb and Chris Royle
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Hong Kong universities forge ahead on tough topics
Academics feel responsibility to speak publicly on issues such as press freedom and ‘fake news’Â