Appiah: technical education ‘wasted’ without bigger picture
Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient
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Strike on Kyiv university targets Ukraine’s ‘intellectual heart’
Rocket attack hits Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, damaging ‘symbolic’ institution that has ‘shaped national statehood and culture’
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Greg Clark returns as chair of Commons science committee
Former business secretary resumes role after brief spell in final Johnson Cabinet
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UK leaning more on private providers for overseas recruitment
Report attributes shift to dependency on international fees and heightened competition
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Raj Chetty: US higher education still mired in inequality
Celebrated Harvard economist opens É«ºÐÖ±²¥â€™s World Academic Summit by showing academia’s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society
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Funders must think longer term to fix precarity – Muscatelli
‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal
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Keep teaching Russian students, rectors insist
Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country
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Our task for the future: global education for all
Maastricht aims to be intrinsically international by deepening its European ties while expanding its global engagement, says Rianne Letschert
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Stop grandstanding and nurture growth asset, Truss ministers told
Tory conference attacks on universities bring frustration, while new government tipped to drop entry restrictions plan
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Australian union censures ‘transphobic’ gender research
NTEU council rejects outright condemnation and resists push for expulsions
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How can universities leverage their pandemic reputation boost?
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ examines how universities have gained from the pandemic and how institutions can take advantage of positive sentiment to achieve long-lasting visibility, grow collaborations and attract research...
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Exposing those who missed today’s moral grade no longer interests me
For a historian, the most gripping work does not entail vindicating or impeaching, but exploring how and why, says Alison Bashford
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IITs ‘must address admission hurdles’ to quadruple foreign intake
Notoriously difficult entry exams may need to be amended for foreign applicants, say academics
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Gary Younge: universities can’t drive social mobility alone
‘Awful lot of pressure’ on higher education sector ‘to do the heavy lifting’ without wider societal commitment, says Manchester professor
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Ex-Federal Reserve boss Bernanke among economics Nobel winners
Former US central banker who bailed out banks during the 2008 financial crash is recognised for research on bank runs in the 1930s Depression