Academic publishing must better serve science and society
Reversing the relationship between authors and publishers would ease perverse incentives that impede progress, say Hilal Lashuel and Benjamin Stecher
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US universities urge vigilance by students over coronavirus
Institutions remain open while isolating and testing possible cases
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Coventry announces plans to open Moroccan campus
Partnership with local institution set to be the first UK campus in the African country
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Scholars urge cooperation and transparency as coronavirus spreads
Sharing of information improves after Chinese president Xi Jinping warns officials against withholding data
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UK government launches fast-track visa route in research shake-up
UK Research and Innovation to manage uncapped visa programme
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‘Ofsted for universities’ seen as ‘last resort’ in quality drive
Tory manifesto pledge brings questions over Office for Students’ future approach on quality - and whether it is right organisation to judge
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Universities told to appoint research integrity ‘counsellors’
But paper from League of European Research Universities says that anonymous reports of research misconduct should be avoided
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Nobelists offer master’s degree entry based on online success
Bid to help lower-income students study poverty bypasses normal admissions processes but still sports a hefty price tag
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The clouds of violence over Indian campuses have a silver lining
India’s students have surprised many observers by standing up together to protest against injustice, says Pushkar
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What’s the beef? University leaders clash over red meat studies
Texas A&M University System chancellor’s public letter to Harvard president is latest incident in ongoing “food fight” between the two institutions over debated healthiness of eating red meat
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Faculty senate questions Yale’s relationship in Singapore
Debate continues over the withdrawal of a “dissent” course last year at Yale-NUS
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Australia’s demand-driven student surge ‘overestimated’
Analysis highlights Australians’ dwindling share of enrolments in their own universities
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Welcoming more international students is how to honour those we lost in Ukraine flight PS752
Supporting global talent on campus and in our communities will help build peace around the world, writes Lisa Porter, who lost a research assistant in the Iran plane tragedy
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Why I can no longer be an external examiner in the UK
University staff are being asked to perform duties that only the border force should do, says Gustaf Houtman
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Teaching intelligence: how to support visually impaired students
Subjects traditionally closed to visually impaired learners are being opened up by new tech – but universities must provide policies, training and resources to match