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Times Higher Education will publish league tables for 11 different subject areas in October

The global recession triggered by Covid-19 is already ‘more challenging’ in Europe than the 2008 financial crash, warns EUA policy expert  

Paper finds there is no correlation between perceived good looks and teaching effectiveness among male scholars

Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year

It’s been 26 years since apartheid ended, yet South African campuses were convulsed by protests against racism and inequitable university access as recently as four years ago. Much progress has clearly been made – but is it enough? Ellie Bothwell reports

Simone Buitendijk emphasises that efforts to improve diversity must not be left to under-represented groups as she takes top job at Yorkshire powerhouse

‘I can’t afford to self-isolate for two weeks’: academics working on pandemic research disclose the ways they are protecting their personal health

New York University provost says sector approaches to diverse hiring can become ‘distasteful, racist and fetishistic’ exercises

While no universities will be immune to the financial and operational challenges brought by the pandemic, will the research prominence of some leading universities help mitigate the potential damage they face? Ellie Bothwell reports

University leaders in the Global South talk about post-pandemic opportunities and power shifts

Scholars say the pandemic has drawn attention to the uncertain and adaptive nature of research and called for a broader range of evidence to be valued