Qatar aims to boost regional collaboration after blockade ends
Foundation considers creation of consortium of universities across Gulf region
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Fudan Hungary campus branded geopolitical pawn as backlash grows
Part of a nexus of deals between Hungary and China, the project has become a flashpoint in local politics after it emerged locals will foot the bill
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Cambridge signals major shift towards online learning
New short courses aimed at professionals come with £2,000 price tag
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Careers Clinic: strategic moves with one eye on a promotion
É«ºÐÖ±²¥â€™s Careers Clinic series brings together the great and the good of higher education to answer a burning careers question
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Let’s give the UK’s new high-risk research funder a chance
Changes to funding mechanisms can feel like a threat, but Aria will be a blast of fresh air for science and technology, says Tom Stephenson
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Artificial intelligence tool predicts ‘seminal’ research
Researchers say system has potential to spot ‘hidden gems’ that may miss out on funding
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Erotic Love in Sociology, Philosophy and Literature, by Finn Bowring
Jane O’Grady is frustrated by a minutely calibrated study of centuries of reflections on eroticism
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Resurgent Covid-19 forces campuses to close across east Asia
Universities take sudden U-turns on restrictions, as new Covid waves hit
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Marc Stears: like Labour, academics are disconnected from society
Ex-Miliband adviser turned Sydney Policy Lab director discusses globalised academia’s decoupling from ‘everyday society’
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Plan to legislate on ‘low-quality’ courses alarms sector
Government says it will give OfS powers to enforce ‘minimum expectations of quality’ before regulator responds to consultation on plan
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UK union says final pay offer of 1.5 per cent rise ‘unacceptable’
Employers up their offer at final negotiations but UCU says they should ‘reward the extraordinary efforts staff have made’ during Covid-19
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The return of in-person exams will be a relief – including to invigilators
Online exams are unfair and hard to police, even with creepy levels of invasiveness, says Helen Soteriou Â
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Australian visa system ‘favours China’
Efforts to recruit a diverse student mix undermined by policy paradox, as visa applicants from many countries are viewed with suspicion
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Students in larger module groups ‘tend to get lower grades’
Effect also more pronounced for science subjects, according to study of class sizes at UK university
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Innovative learning environments are key to unlocking Africa’s potential
Collaborative, technically enhanced experiential learning will prepare the continent’s vast young population for the digital future, says Laura Kakon