Proceed with caution: new metric will ‘inevitably’ aid regulation
OfS says it has ‘no plans’ to use new student outcomes measure, but government repeats warnings about ‘low-quality courses’
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Swiss fear Horizon Europe exclusion as Brussels talks break down
Long-running negotiations between Brussels and Berne have stalled, risking a repeat of 2014, when the country was shut out of EU research
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UKRI to review ‘one principal investigator per grant’ rule
Chief executive Dame Ottoline Leyser says existing ban on sharing project responsibilities does not help science
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New Zealand scientist leads research excellence framework review
Former government science adviser Sir Peter Gluckman will lead international advisory body to examine reform of national research audit
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Supervising PhD behind bars breaks new ground in research
Prisoners offer exceptionally honest answers to doctoral student serving with them in a US prison
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King Alexander’s history: lessons from a twice-ousted president
After two forced resignations, exiled president tackles racism and selfishness undermining US higher education
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University staff in Italy ‘most likely to have secure contracts’
Almost a third of university employees globally are on contracts lasting less than two years, according to ɫºÐÖ±²¥Â data
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China citations boost from Covid research ‘closes gap with US’
High-impact research early in pandemic may have put rocket fuel under country’s citation performance Â
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SDGs propelled our impact from the local to the global
The United Nations’ global goals have enabled French institutions to broaden the scope of their sustainable development work, says Anne Beauval
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Meeting the SDGs demands a step change in collaborative research
Universities are moving in the right direction, but they can and must go further and faster, says Alice Gast
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Research and innovation are the key to tackling climate change
This week’s Climate Exp0 underlines universities’ potential to make net zero achievable, say Emily Shuckburgh, Roberto Buizza and Alyssa Gilbert
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Recruitment agents ‘closing Australia desks’ in China
Resurgent student flows set to bypass Australia and New Zealand as education agents in most regions usher clients to more welcoming countries
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Research universities ‘at risk’ from ‘gig economy’ training model
Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt warns that remaining institutions would become ‘bastions of the elite’
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Essex apologises to academics disinvited over gender views
V-c admits university made ‘serious mistakes’ after external review finds it breached its free speech duties
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Police ‘aided fraternity members’ in attack on LGBTQ+ residence
Pennsylvania liberal arts college promises external investigation of incident