UK government ‘will call out monoculture tendency on campus’
Government voices ‘concern’ about the ‘culture in our universities’ in response to MPs and peers’ report on campus free speech
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Chinese university suspends student offer over social credit mark
Father’s failure to pay back loan hits son’s university admission, under state’s big-data system
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British Academy issues warning over Hungary research funding
UK social science body attacks plans to exert more state control over research topics
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Ontario introduces bill to end York University strike
Legislation proposed by new provincial government would terminate longest-running industrial dispute at an anglophone university in Canada
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New Zealand university launches online Maori language course
Massey hopes to allow diaspora to share in resurgence of interest in indigenous culture
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Elusive enthusiasm
In “Richard Arum: US undergraduate education is declining and failing” (News, 11 July), Arum, dean of the University of California, Irvine’s School of Education, “blamed falling levels of independent...
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India’s slimmer excellence initiative an ‘intelligent’ approach
Scholar praises Indian government for supporting only universities that are ‘ready now’ to become world-class
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The scholarship of teaching and learning is thriving
In response to Richard Arum’s charge that higher education research is failing to sufficiently investigate university teaching, Anne Tierney gives concrete examples of the contrary
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Peer review ‘works against’ early career researchers
Australian group asks whether costs of ‘gold standard’ assessment are always warranted
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THE Research Excellence Summit heads to Russia
Event will feature launch of four Times Higher Education subject rankings
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Medieval studies at heart of Trump-era culture wars
Researchers criticise lack of diversity on programme of major conference
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UK universities’ research funding deficit soars to £3.9 billion
Figures on full economic costs of research and teaching show significant growth in gap that is plugged mainly by overseas student fees
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We must tackle the ‘prevention gap’ to combat mental health crisis
Quick wins are important in the UK’s efforts to improve student mental health, says Richard Black, but paybacks from long-term projects will create the sea change needed, he argues
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Australia’s funding freeze puts courses on ice
Abandonment of demand-driven funding is working its way through the sector
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Clearing revisited: out with phone calls and in with social media
Communicating with students on platforms they’re comfortable with is convenient and more engaging during clearing, but universities must abandon marketing scripts to be truly effective, says David...