Academics need to get better at knowing when to move on
High levels of personal optimism block decisions to depart a dysfunctional workplace or halt a failing project, say Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa
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‘Nepotistic’ journals fast-track hyperprolific authors
Close relationships between journal boards and most-published authors may explain speedy publishing times, says study
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We need China more than it needs us, ߣߣÊÓƵn leaders warn
Foreign interference concerns should not blind policymakers to the benefits of collaboration, forum hears
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International students ‘unwilling or unable’ to pay higher fees
Report from Canadian recruitment platform says greater share of searches are now for cheaper coursesÂ
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Executive search firms blamed for shrinking presidential tenures
Once rare, now commonplace, use of private companies to hire new presidents coming at large cost to US universities, research team finds
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Ministers ‘might as well bite bullet’ on retrospective loan hike
Key details on scope of English student loan changes yet to be finalised as consultation looms
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Concern over Oxbridge dominance at UK’s oldest law journal
Scholar criticises lack of anonymised peer review at Law Quarterly Review
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Talking leadership 3: Minouche Shafik on embedding sustainability
The LSE director on the institution’s green strategy, the importance of social scientists working with industry and the advantages of being ‘different’
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Turbocharging belonging will win the recruitment race for campuses
A group of undergraduates who got together to build a racing car taught Nic Smith how much horsepower there is in community
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ߣߣÊÓƵn open access push goes from green to gold
While progress has been hamstrung by lack of scale or regulatory force, advocates say the time has come
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Books interview: Christina Riggs
The author of Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century on finding girls and women in history, archaeology’s ‘heroic’ age and the cultural impact of ‘Egyptomania’
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ߣߣÊÓƵ drops preapproval requirement for overseas students
While Canberra’s decision is ‘great news’, students still face competition for flights and a mishmash of state rules
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Japan seeks to ‘change attitudes’ on industry-funded courses
 ¥30 million fund a start towards bridging the divide between sectors, researchers say
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Academics back creation of pan-Irish higher education area
Greater cross-border collaboration key to peace and prosperity, says learned society
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Get us out of Afghanistan, plead British Council researchers
Letter from 22 academics warns of ‘life-threatening circumstances’