Alumni-led boards ‘key to US universities’ strength’
Researcher argues that universities worldwide should adopt model after finding correlation between alumni governance and ranking position and endowment size
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Academics: ‘pretentious fox terriers’ or ‘bad dinner guests’?
Researchers look at opinions about scholars expressed via metaphors – with results ranging from the thought-provoking to the baffling
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Campuses urged to review ‘inexcusable’ PhD late-submission fees
Covid disruption highlights need to standardise ‘writing-up fees’ charged to those who submit thesis late, says scientist
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Nerves fray as ߣߣƵn enrolments remain uncertain
As classes resume on ߣߣƵn campuses, anxieties persist about the year ahead – domestically, and particularly internationally
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Leaving lectures behind makes sense for our university – here’s why
We know that employing learners as active co-creators of their learning builds opportunities for knowledge absorption, say Guy Daly and Andrew Turner
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Romanian universities are becoming increasingly homogeneous
Higher education reforms promised differentiation, but a failure to implement bold changes and a lack of desire for innovation are resulting in the opposite trend, says Liviu Andreescu
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The UK needs a German lesson in levelling up
To coordinate research translation, a new organisation is needed that isn’t tied to one university but is linked to all, says Keith Ridgway
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Ministers give ‘high-risk’ science funder 10 years to prove worth
Advanced Research and Invention Agency bill confirms plan to place agency beyond reach of Freedom of Information Act
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Study urges transparency on ‘ghost’ enrolments
Students who ‘strategically’ jettison subjects early are among the least likely to complete courses, ߣߣƵn research finds
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International students ‘more likely to choose US’ under Biden
Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election
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Oxford study shaping free speech plans ‘could have been improved’
Ethics approval for survey shaping government policy should still stand, says university panel
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We must factor in digital exclusion when designing online teaching
Badly designed sessions are big on waste: waste of talent, waste of concentration, waste of ability and waste of time, says Christian Gilliam
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Teaching intelligence: how to use chatbots to support student learning
Anna McKie reports on latest innovations in chatbots and how AI-based technology can be developed to improve teaching and learning in universities
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Off-the-shelf models of university free speech need local packaging
The Chicago Principles are powerful partly because they are linked to institutional history and values, say Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone
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‘Top-down’ rules won’t solve free speech fears, legal experts say
Universities must develop their own cultures of academic freedom rather than borrowing them, according to ߣߣƵn authors