Covid-19 is a chance to create a new model of knowledge transfer
A coalition of US universities is freely sharing technology and intellectual property related to coronavirus, but this approach must not stop at the pandemic, writes Moo Hwan Kim
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University of Sydney prepares to shed staff
No redundancy target announced as Australian university braces for massive loss of international earnings
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Ignatieff: EU defence of academic freedom ‘useless’
CEU president says that rather than relying on ‘outside institutions’, academics and students must stand up for themselves
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Australian legislation: prospects of inquiry rise despite knockback
Senate vote suggests government has a fight on its hands with proposed funding changes
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Akiko Morozumi: universities need to respond with big ideas and creativity
Japanese higher education is about to face a major transformation as a result of the pandemic, says a University of Tokyo academic
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Amit Chakma: rankings should guide us, not direct us
Place students first and foremost, and success will follow, says university vice-chancellor in Australia
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Getting early feedback on research ‘boosts final destination’
Study finds economics PhD students who sought extra comments and seminar presentations published in higher impact journals Â
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UEL to help establish new Egyptian universities
Scholar highlights continuing challenges of collaborations with North African state
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Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer
Oversubscribed institutions seek legal advice over asking for deferrals if their courses are full
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Should I lie? The plight of guest lecturers
Bavaria’s rules to keep university tutors on precarious contracts unfairly penalise those who want to work, says a lecturer caught out by red tape
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Times Higher Education’s Power of Place survey
Those planning new universities might think that a good institution will attract top staff wherever it is located. But is the quality of the environment beyond the ivory tower really so insignificant...
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Canberra orders probe into ‘foreign interference’ in universities
As hopes sour for a senate inquiry into proposed domestic funding arrangements, universities’ China links fall under another spotlight
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The pandemic does not spell the end for residential education
University teaching will change as a result of the forced switch to online, but in-person interactions will still have enduring value, argues Rebecca Blank
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Books interview: Emma Gee
The Classics scholar and author of Mapping the Afterlife: From É«ºÐÖ±²¥r to Dante talks about discovering Roman Britain in the Australian heat and how a sports-car-driving teacher fuelled her interest in...
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China’s special-education citadels on campus need remodelling
Confining students with disabilities to ‘special-education castles’ within Chinese universities does not provide true opportunity, says Zhang Yuexin