Queen Mary head threatens to close course over marking boycott
Principal says institution not able to ‘take new students onto programmes where staff refuse to deliver the promised education’
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Laval suspensions fuel Canadian free speech debates
Professors sanctioned for vaccine discussions as politicians seen gearing up for US-style assault on academic rights
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‘Do it all’ culture ‘driving great resignation’ in academia
Coursera co-founder warns that faculty are ‘burning the candle at multiple ends’
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Up to 250 jobs set to go as university mothballs arts courses
Scale of redundancies and resignations announced by Wolverhampton far surpasses figure previously expected
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New legislation may not be enough to police China research links
Boosting individual academics' awareness of the risks of collaboration in certain areas is also crucial, says Fiona Quimbre
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No one is immune
Precarity is a debilitating condition that often proves fatal to research careers. And it affects even the most lauded research groups
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Latin America University Rankings 2022: methodology
The World University Rankings performance indicators are the heart of the Latin America University Rankings, but we make some adjustments to take account of the region’s unique characteristics
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Impact Rankings 2022 digital edition
The ever-expanding interest in the Impact Rankings demonstrates that universities are determined to make a difference in helping to improve people’s lives in their regions and across the world
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Pittsburgh funding in peril over fetal research
Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania hold up state’s budget as part of demand that university gets no money if valued research involving aborted tissue persists
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Plan for ‘catastrophic’ break with China, new UUK head urges
Vivienne Stern tells Australian conference that universities should make contingency preparations for collapse in relations
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Johnson resignation brings uncertainty but some hope for sector
Departure of prime minister may allow for a rethink on Horizon Europe association, but sector could face months of damaging policy stasis, say experts
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For university leaders, a little economics is a dangerous thing
Advanced papers replace blunt reliance on markets and financial incentives with nuanced mechanisms for efficiency, say Jeff Frank and Norman Gowar
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James Cleverly England’s third education secretary in three days
Boris Johnson appoints Cabinet to see out remainder of his premiership
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Donelan and Freeman in final flood of departures as Johnson quits
Newly appointed education secretary follows science minister out the door
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Are personal tutors an anachronism?
As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whether a support model that relies on the conscientiousness of individual academics is...