Columbia students fight back against protest crackdown
After more than 100 arrests at demonstration supporting Palestinians, students revive mass occupation, putting their president under new fire from briefly supportive Republicans
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Colleges warily welcome Biden rules on campus sexual assaults
Colleges and universities grateful that president is restoring their control over sexual misconduct hearings, but warn about speed and frequency of change
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Safety fears and cost push Gulf students away from US, towards UK
Significant drop in North American enrolments mirrored by increased recruitment by UK and Australia
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Florida universities quiet over ban on hiring Chinese academics
State law against foreign scholars allows institutions to pursue exceptions, but faculty and students are largely left to wage protests
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Embed climate change content in health degrees, experts say
Climate change is ‘exacerbating almost every type of illness’, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it
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Sunway president: universities must focus on bridging frontiers
Sibrandes Poppema shares how his institution is strengthening links across countries and with industry and society
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An external regulator is not the solution to academic misconduct
The problem is very real, but it would be more effective to invest in creating an institutional culture of responsibility and accountability, says Jim NicellÂ
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Using games in teaching ‘boosts grades and student satisfaction’
Moving beyond ‘chalk-and-talk’ can have significant benefits, but many lecturers remain wary
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Identity-specific jobs adverts are discriminatory. Why can’t we say so?
While well intentioned, reserving positions for under-represented groups only takes us further away from the colour-blind ideal, says an academic
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King’s challenged over EDI requirement in promotion process
University discriminating against those with gender-critical beliefs, bringing it into conflict with new free speech rules, legal opinion states
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Why even a physicist like me should shudder at Goldsmiths’ predicament
The humanities- and social sciences-focused institution is the canary in UK higher education’s increasingly explosive coalmine, says Sir Keith Burnett
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Filipino universities defend presence of Chinese students
Military is investigating whether international students in province adjacent to Taiwan pose national security risk
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UK wary of bid to regain home fee status for European students
European Commission scheme would improve mobility between EU and UK for young people
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Columbia cracks down on student protesters after Shafik hearing
Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions