Diana Beech to head new policy institute at City St George’s
London Higher chief executive moves into new role focused on translating interdisciplinary research into public policy solutions
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Queen Mary moving Palestine talk to smaller venue ‘weak-willed’
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has been giving a series of London lectures on ‘genocide in Gaza’ and international law
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Latin America University Rankings 2024: results announced
Brazil back at number one as new metrics reveal country’s research strength
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‘Managerialist’ overreach ‘biggest problem for academics’
Universities’ instinct to ‘de-risk everything’ makes things worse for everybody, says academic émigré
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European business schools capitalising on UK’s recruitment woes
Faltering UK recruitment is being capitalised on by business schools in the continentÂ
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Can Alibaba’s university courses help China outpace the West?
Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula
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Account for sex and gender in UK health research, urges guidance
Framework for UK health funders will require applicants to explain how they will consider and distinguish sex and gender in their work
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There is more to the marketisation of English HE than neoliberalism
Political interventions on a host of issues suggest marketisation’s opponents are wrong to see neoliberalism as the root of all evil, says Gerbrand Tholen
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Reclaim the narrative, longest-serving v-c urges UK universities
John Cater, who is set to retire after 31 years at the helm of Edge Hill University, warns that sector finances have never been more challenging
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Israeli budget cuts ‘devastating’ for universities
Wartime austerity could slash research output and disproportionately hit disadvantaged students, sector leaders warn
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Cambridge launches £48 million PhD studentship fund
Investments from Trinity College Cambridge and university will support about 300 PhDs over a decade
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Trump presidency with ‘axes to grind’ spells danger for US sector
Academics warn that a Trump ‘administration of retribution’ could affect many aspects of higher education, including loan forgiveness, diversity efforts and student protests
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The UK’s new prevention duty could move the dial on sexual harassment
The rules should quash the idea that a formal investigation is the only way to take action on disclosures or rumours of abuse by staff, says Anna Bull
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Students file lawsuit against Polish ‘diploma mill’ university
Collegium Humanum allegedly issued more than 1,000 fast-track MBA degrees in exchange for ‘financial and personal benefits’
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China sets new priorities for Double First-Class universities
Top universities project evolving to focus on interdisciplinary work and longer-term measures of success as 10-year anniversary nears