Martha Nussbaum: universities must tackle ‘toxic masculinity’
Holberg Prize winner wants major reforms in college drinking culture and elite university sport
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Japan University Rankings 2021: methodology
Our Japan rankings are constructed on four pillars that demonstrate the broad strength of a university
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Post-Covid, mental well-being should be built into every course
Student services aren’t enough. Academics are universities’ engine room, so must be the driving force of mental health reform, says Geoff Mills
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UK research review will target ‘unnecessary red tape’
Sector leaders welcome independent review into bureaucracy, which follows Dominic Cummings’ diatribe against ‘process horror’ in research
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Geographies of Food, by Moya Kneafsey and others
Jeremy MacClancy has mixed feelings about a wide-ranging attempt to create ‘mindful food citizens’
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It is not regressive for universities to aggregate and create content
In a world accustomed to beautiful, frictionless digital experiences, most online education looks like websites from the 1990s, says Louise McElvogue
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Non-EU scientists face exclusion from sensitive Horizon projects
Most collaboration will continue, but emphasis on building the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ means academics in Israel, the UK and Switzerland could be shut out of some areas
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Sciences Po interim head defends institution on sexual assault
Bénédicte Durand says university will make changes after slew of allegations, but defends governance procedures and argues banning initiation events is not the answer
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The UK’s deep ODA cuts are wrong and counterproductive
The shortfall will damage the UK’s reputation and halt projects that are making a real difference to communities worldwide, says Joanna Newman
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Jonathan Marks: partisan political scrapping won’t help universities
Conservative professor’s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats
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Should we all draw up Covid CVs?
Universities need to take account of the pandemic’s effect on productivity – especially that of women, says Jessica Borger
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Branch campus students ‘less satisfied’ with academic experience
Students at overseas outposts are more negative about teaching quality, academic environment and engagement, according to paper
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Online learning is flawed without e-books for everyone
The pandemic has exposed the limits that commercial models impose on libraries’ ability to facilitate access, says Gauthier Van Malderen
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ߣߣƵn universities ‘still in dark’ over grant vetoes
Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament’s security committee
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Government ‘vagueness’ thwarting universities’ security efforts
‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, ߣߣƵn inquiry hears