Meeting the SDGs demands a step change in collaborative research
Universities are moving in the right direction, but they can and must go further and faster, says Alice Gast
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Research and innovation are the key to tackling climate change
This week’s Climate Exp0 underlines universities’ potential to make net zero achievable, say Emily Shuckburgh, Roberto Buizza and Alyssa Gilbert
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Recruitment agents ‘closing Australia desks’ in China
Resurgent student flows set to bypass Australia and New Zealand as education agents in most regions usher clients to more welcoming countries
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Research universities ‘at risk’ from ‘gig economy’ training model
Nobel prizewinner Brian Schmidt warns that remaining institutions would become ‘bastions of the elite’
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Essex apologises to academics disinvited over gender views
V-c admits university made ‘serious mistakes’ after external review finds it breached its free speech duties
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Police ‘aided fraternity members’ in attack on LGBTQ+ residence
Pennsylvania liberal arts college promises external investigation of incident
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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
THE’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’