Ten rules for succeeding in academia through upward toxicity
Universities preach meritocracy but, in reality, bend over backwards to protect toxic personalities, says Irina Dumitrescu
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White supremacist manifesto ‘airdropped’ to US students’ phones
New York governor joins criticism of handling of racist incidents at Syracuse
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Third of international students in US ‘discriminated against’
Survey released as new data show the majority of US universities have seen a decline in new international students this year
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Lib Dems seek to sidestep fees trauma with HE review pledge
Party would use review to consider ‘any necessary reforms’, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax
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PolyU campus ‘in complete disarray’ as siege nears endgame
Hong Kong university leaders plead with barricaded staff and students to leave
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US senators threaten campuses over foreign espionage fears
Lawmakers fret over weak response to China, but can’t say what they would do better
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Lack of awareness ‘major barrier’ to improving campus diversity
Study from European University Association also finds that few universities have targets to improve the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of staff
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Italian academic turned minister signals shift away from metrics
Lorenzo Fioramonti wants to ‘put his ideas to the test’ and end the country’s brain drain
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Leaked document prompts fears of big publisher ‘lock in’
Elsevier could sell Dutch universities a bundle of journal access rights and software, raising concerns that universities could become stuck in one publisher’s software ecosystem
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Murdoch ‘wrong to blame’ whistleblower for visa downgrade
Ministry says change to score – a key plank of claim against Gerd Schröder-Turk – cannot be affected by media coverage
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Where is higher education in Chile’s dignity revolution?
Fees reform has not quelled popular anger over exploitation, but academics can play a key role in constitutional reform, says Robert Funk
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UK parties go head to head on science at Royal Society hustings
Society president warns parties must address ‘huge reputational damage’ to UK science caused by Brexit
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Southeast Asia’s new tiger economies prioritise research
Don’t overlook opportunities in booming archipelago nations, Australian universities urged
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China overtakes UK in ‘highly cited researchers’ table
Country now second to US on annual list of scholars producing multiple papers in top 1 per cent by citationÂ
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World University Rankings 2020 by subject: clinical, pre-clinical and health table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2017...