The week in higher education 鈥 11聽November 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Does the teaching of indigenous knowledge need to be examined?
New Zealand鈥檚 embrace of M膩ori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of聽M膩ori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the聽unintended consequences of this move being stifled...
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Addressing toxic behaviour is in universities鈥 interest
Quite apart from the injustice, institutions that fail to act on complaints undermine trust across entire disciplines, says Irina Dumitrescu
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11 November 2021 digital edition
Meeting of minds: how far should New Zealand鈥檚 embrace of聽indigenous knowledge go?
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No sector experience required for Australian university councils
University governance bodies an 鈥榦utlier鈥 in聽Australia, with sectoral experience an聽oddity
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Call to overhaul harassment complaints after 鈥楧egrees of Abuse鈥
Handling multiple complaints against same alleged perpetrator separately often means pattern of behaviour is harder to spot, academics say
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Zahawi: LSE Israeli envoy protest 鈥榰nacceptable intimidation鈥
University says ambassador鈥檚 event ran for scheduled duration
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Incentivise staff to take part in innovation, universities told
Survey by European University Association finds gap between institutions鈥 commitment to innovation and their capacity to carry it out
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US universities 鈥榝ocus on diversity data and ignore racism鈥
In first policy conference since Covid and Floyd, state higher education leaders told they may be harming racial progress more than aiding it
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UK spending pledge may change minds over Horizon Europe exit
UK scientists may increasingly want to take the 拢7聽billion for research offered by Treasury rather than wait for EU wrangling to finish, say research experts
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Academic fatigue over strikes leaves union facing uncertain path
Experts say exhaustion and worry over disruption to students hit appetite for industrial action but shouldn鈥檛 mask the unhappiness across sector
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More English universities sign up to IHRA antisemitism definition
OfS releases latest figures on universities adopting definition following ministerial pressure
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Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!
The crisis in peer reviewing can be overcome if journals and universities do more to incentivise it, say Dirk Lindebaum and Peter Jordan
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鈥楽ignals positive鈥 for overseas students鈥 return, says UTS v-c
As Australian policy focus pivots from international education to research commercialisation, 鈥榠t鈥檚 the right time for us to shine鈥, says new head Andrew Parfitt
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Donelan and Olusoga top the agenda for 色盒直播 Campus Live UK&IE
Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops