Non-disclosure agreements a no-no in harassment cases – minister
Six universities sign up to new pledge committing not to use ‘gagging orders’ in dealing with claims of sexual misconduct, bullying and other harassment
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‘No major harm’ to learning from double-speed lecture viewing
Watching online lectures at faster speeds does not significantly impede understanding and may allow students more time to revise, say researchers
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Jobs at risk as Danes force big-city universities to downsize
Deadline arrives for universities to choose between shifting student places out of major urban centres or cutting them altogetherÂ
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UK sector leaders expect ‘striking’ pivot to science research
National survey of pro vice-chancellors indicates widespread shift away from humanities subjects in near future
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Today’s college students aren’t digital ‘natives’ – they are digital servants
Higher education must acknowledge the extra workload that comes with higher education in the digital era, says Christopher Schaberg
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Talking leadership 9: Meric Gertler on building global links
The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades
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Books interview: John Sellars
The philosopher and author of The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness on Asterix, architecture, Aristippus and discovering the power of ideas
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Course value means more than graduate employment, says UUK
Representative body says institutions should consider contextual data on issues such as local and NHS employment, alongside metrics preferred by ministers
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Professor who called students ‘vectors of disease’ suspended
Soon-to-retire septuagenarian tells students to keep their distance amid Covid-19 surge, saying he ‘couldn’t give a flying fuck any longer’
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Michigan president Mark Schlissel fired over employee ‘affair’
Anonymous complaint produces evidence of long-running relationship with employee; former president Coleman to temporarily lead institution
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US set to drop charges against MIT’s Chen on China research funds
Following conviction of Harvard’s Lieber, expected clearing of fellow Cambridge nanotechnology expert fits with broader failures of Trump-led academic prosecutions
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Canada joining the rush to create a Darpa
Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom
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Afghan students ‘in doldrums’ at Iraqi university
Students complain of being ‘kept in dark’ over immigration status and pushed into MBA programme
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English sector ‘won’t be open on foreign donations unless forced’
MP’s draft transparency law comes after failure to self-regulate against threats such as autocratic influence, says academic
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Slogans are no substitute for concrete university policies and programmes
Marketing claims are often empty, unaccompanied by comprehensive policies, plans, timetables or evaluation criteria, says Harvey Graff