Talking leadership: Ahmad Dallal is educator first, administrator second
The American University in Cairo’s first Arab leader on helping people reskill, serving the community and taking on the ‘necessary evil’ of administration
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With right techniques, low reproducibility ‘not inevitable’
Combining a series of methods for boosting research reproducibility found to produce huge gains in overall success
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Reshaped Hong Kong university council ‘brings political control’
Move is latest in sector-wide process of ‘neutering Hong Kong universities’ by giving legislators say over their decisions, says academic
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Voters divided on Sunak’s crackdown on ‘rip-off degrees’
Polling also finds public ‘misunderstanding’ in idea that graduates lean left on economics, suggesting impact of ‘woke’ universities narrative
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Idaho retreats from ban on discussing abortion in classrooms
State disavows its own idea that professors can’t discuss reproductive rights, but wary faculty persist with lawsuit
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Campuses lag in researching sustainable cities and communities
Data shows that universities globally are underperforming in research towards SDG 11, although Oceania is ahead of others
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Universities are capable of change – but they must manage it better
Before undertaking change programmes, universities should devote more attention to designing how success will be achieved, says Paul Woodgates
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Has Australia fallen out of love with higher education?
Recruitment of domestic school-leavers is stagnant amid concerns over rising graduate debt levels and weak employment outcomes. With ministers keen to turbocharge enrolment to upskill the nation,...
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A political puzzle
It may be true that higher education rarely tops the agenda in electoral campaigns, but don’t be fooled – the politics is as fevered as ever
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9 November 2023 digital edition
Waving or drowning: The fluctuating appeal of higher education in Australia
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Call the midwife to deliver students from a dark place on climate
Studying high art is still important, but popular culture can give humanities undergraduates better pointers on how to convert their refined understandings into practical action, rather than...
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Board gender quotas ‘boost female numbers across senior ranks’
Despite backlash fears, quotas aimed at increasing proportion of women on academic boards can aid gender equality more broadly, study suggests
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Bias distortions in student evaluation of teaching ‘a myth’
Australian study highlights gap between ‘statistically significant’ and ‘meaningful’
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Gaza war drives new wave of academic emigration
Palestinian universities in West Bank face losing scholars, while Netanyahu opponents also predicted to leave Israel
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Domestic students squeezed out as UKRI PhD support contracts
Overall decline in number of doctoral candidates winning support masks even sharper drop among UK-domiciled applicants