US universities support students over summer amid travel ban fear Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding By Jon Marcus 2 July
Funding cuts blamed as blue-skies research 鈥榗ollapses鈥 in Canada 鈥楽hocking鈥 shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report By Holly Else 30 June
Interview with Ashley Fure We talk about academia as a refuge for artists, curtailed basketball careers, and escaping Michigan鈥檚 鈥渟hire鈥 with the multifaceted music composer By John Elmes 29 June
Yale president shares vision of an 鈥榚mpathetic鈥 university The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities By Ellie Bothwell 29 June
Eduard Sekler, 1920-2017 Architectural historian who spent most of his career at Harvard remembered By Matthew Reisz 29 June
Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers鈥 books US proposals spark worry for researchers reading Arabic or foreign language texts, or works critical of the Trump administration By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 27 June
Why do we still assume that senior engineering researchers will be male? On International Women in Engineering Day, Alice Larkin decries the slow progress on improving gender balance in her discipline By Alice Larkin 23 June
Universities must rethink how they communicate in a post-truth world Phil Baty reflects on the Times Higher Education World Reputation Forum, which took place in Harvard Square this month By Phil Baty 21 June
If your university brand disappeared overnight, would anyone miss it? Research suggests that most brands are instantly forgettable 鈥 but what can universities do to stay memorable? Max du Bois takes a look By Max du Bois 20 June
Funding cuts pit US university leaders against states Forty-one per cent of respondents to ACE survey describe political climate as 鈥榟ostile鈥 to higher education By Ellie Bothwell 20 June
Canada relaxes immigration process for visiting academics International professors on short stays will no longer need a work permit By Ellie Bothwell 19 June
Anti-Turnitin scholars call for rethink on tackling plagiarism Company accused of profiting from students鈥 intellectual property By Nick Roll for Inside Higher Ed 19 June