Scholars tipped to desert universities if US states ban abortion
After leaked version of US Supreme Court ruling, conservative-state universities face prospect of sliding further behind on quality
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‘First causal evidence’ that degrees ‘make people more liberal’
Study finds getting a degree reduces authoritarianism and racial prejudice and increases economic right-wing attitudes
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Australian job losses ‘not driven by pandemic necessity’
Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report
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English number caps ‘could be seen as signal of poor quality’
Universities UK fears restricting student numbers at particular providers could have damaging reputational effects
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Student number caps will hurt everyone, not just universities
Restricting university entry will make widening participation and levelling-up all the harder, says Steve West
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Australia struggles to get medical students to work in regions
Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities
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Academics must rebut policy-based ‘evidence’
Politicians’ false claims to be implementing evidence-based policy risk undermining academia’s reputation, says Gary Thomas
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India ‘weaponises’ higher education by rejecting Pakistan degrees
Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’
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Indian government encroachment on academic autonomy is spreading
Resignations from the Australia India Institute suggest that politicisation of university management is not confined to the mainland, says Mukhtar Ahmad
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Graduations at risk as UK marking boycott planned from 23 May
Academics at 44Â institutions to refuse to mark work or set exams in midst of busy summer assessment period, in ongoing row over pay and pensions
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Iran threatens academic’s execution ‘to thwart war crimes trial’
Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali is given execution date on the day ‘historic’ trial ends
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Overseas students trickle into New Zealand before border reopens
Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says
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Devi Sridhar: pandemic vitriol ‘has taken its toll’
Academic who has become a lightning rod for criticism over her pandemic advice reflects on two years in the eye of the Covid storm
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New threat to Melbourne’s Australia India Institute
Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities
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US military failing to shift funding to minority universities
Pentagon fell short on promises to help HBCUs compete for research grants, though institutions see new motivation from foreign tensions