Back to black: Australian universities brace for bushfire season
As Australia’s climate turns back again, universities say the lessons of a horror summer have not been forgotten
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Half of Oxford students sexually harassed
One in five survey respondents report being victims of sexual touching or rape
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Indian medical students who fled Ukraine find haven in Uzbekistan
Central Asia could offer an academic landing ground for stranded learners who fled war 18 months ago, scholar says
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US scientists with disabilities paid significantly less
Johns Hopkins team uses salary data to highlight longstanding failures across education and workplaces to provide equal opportunities for career advancement
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An academic ChatGPT needs a better schooling
AI agents are what they ingest. Rather than scraping the internet, better to confine their diets to books and encyclopedias, says Sorin Adam Matei
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Argentine science at risk as radical right-winger wins presidency
Javier Milei promised to get rid of the country’s major science funder during chaotic election campaign, but will he follow through with his promises?
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Alienating graduate voters ‘will become fatal’ for major parties
Education divide report finds Tory support among graduates lowest for 45 years and graduates will outweigh school-leavers in most seats by 2030s
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‘Serious misconduct’ prompted Sydney whistleblower’s removal
Sacked neuropathologist Manuel Graeber says university was happy with his work before he lodged disclosure about management
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The Global North should share its research funds with the Global South
Trickling down funding through grants that can only be accessed by Global North colleagues intrinsically perpetuates inequity, says Manuel Barcia
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Sit at front or we’ll ring your parents, Chinese students told
Campuses across the country tightening in-class rules, seeking to boost student engagement
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For reimagining Australian tertiary education, many heads beat two
AI is helping us mine 200,000 stakeholders’ ideas, sensible and silly, about core elements of the new Adelaide University, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd
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More Brussels powers ‘may not be answer’ on European cooperation
MEPs say EU needs jurisdiction over higher education to ensure mutual recognition of qualifications, among other things, but universities aren’t so sure
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Will an aptitude test make German psychology admissions fairer?
The test aims to flag potential that school-leaving exams miss. But not all applicants to the hugely oversubscribed courses are cheering, says Brian Bloch
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Canada set to join Horizon Europe
Negotiations on association deal completed, says joint statement, with signing expected in 2024
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Protect free speech or lose cash, New Zealand universities warned
Free tuition also to be switched from first to last year of tertiary study, under pact between new governing parties