US rejects majority of student visa applications from Africa
Figures published for first time show how refusals vary by continent, as overall rejection rate rises to 31Â per cent
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Vietnam’s German university struggles to loosen government grip
Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures
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Australian accord proposals ‘will tie administrators’ hands’
Landmark report has generated applause but could deny vice-chancellors a free hand
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Push for fresh commitments on access after Supreme Court ruling
After court rejects racial preferences in admissions, biggest US civil rights group presses campuses for corrective pledges
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For better representation, what if universities paid staff’s union dues?
Employers might find it easier to reach agreement with a less politically skewed membership body, says an anonymous academicÂ
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Texas A&M ‘wanted to fire scientist who criticised politician’
Days after president quits, massive institution alleged to have been part of another high-profile case of political interference
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Turnitin says one in 10 university essays are partly AI-written
Tool developed by edtech giant used by customers 65Â million times in three months since launch
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Closure of African history master’s ‘an attack on black academia’
Union criticises Chichester’s plan to sack Hakim Adi, first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history
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Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century
Tokyo could use figures to justify more heavy-handed sector intervention, academics say
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Stanford president’s downfall: a wider indictment of US research?
While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives
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Research ‘underdone’ in landmark Australian review
Light-touch treatment of one of universities’ fundamental roles leaves too many questions hanging, observers worry
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Researchers welcome easier access to TikTok data ‘goldmine’
ByteDance’s pre-regulation ‘strategic’ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on...
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Sudan’s conflict is exacerbating the strain on South Sudanese universities
It is proving difficult to accommodate even the fraction of South Sudanese students who have already made it back home, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok
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Cheating in online exams ‘ineffective’, study claims
Researchers say unsupervised online exams can provide ‘valid assessments of student learning’
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Norwegian universities minister resigns in arms contract row
Ola Borten Moe admits ‘serious misjudgement of my own impartiality’ over multibillion-krone contract meeting about a weapons manufacturer he had indirectly bought shares in