Australian universities clash as caps thwart plans for growth
Top-tier institutions accused of not engaging with concerns about scale of overseas cohorts
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Master’s boom driven by overseas enrolments
More than half of those achieving postgraduate taught degrees registered overseas, delayed Hesa figures show
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Live or die? Other options must be available
Universities keep being told that the status quo is not sustainable. But the new Labour government also has a responsibility to act and change tack
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Academic bullying is hidden in plain sight
Tormented by playground thugs as a child, Jonathan Taylor reflects on why the insidious bullying found in universities is similar but much worse
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Goldsmiths students threaten legal action after modules axed
University accused of breaching contracts as redundancies of specialist staff restrict student choice
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Ecology college closes all degree courses after losses
Schumacher College in Devon shuts down programmes after more than 30 years of offering degrees in ecology
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Southampton gets go-ahead for first British campus in India
University to offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across range of subjects from outpost in Delhi
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Academics blame technology for increased burnout
Only half of US faculty members surveyed believe AI will enhance the student experience, as many report being left out of decisions on how technology is used
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Interview with Brendon Bradley
Earthquake engineer on feedback loops in research and higher education reform
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Time for quiet v-cs to voice HE’s moral mission
Strategic silence of vice-chancellors within our national debate is a mistake when the quest for truth is so central to academia, argues Sir Geoff Mulgan
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Universities need more joint ventures but not mergers – report
Government should look to foster culture of collaboration after era of competition, says Hepi paper
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The week in higher education – 29 August 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Masturbation paper researcher attacks ‘groupthink’ backlash
Two years on from international scandal, Karl Andersson claims he had received nothing but praise for article prior to online outcry
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Fresh calls for number controls after elites take more students
Academics question why some universities should be pushed to the wall while others swell their intake
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Will branch campuses make Greek higher education flower?
A new law permitting foreign universities to set up Greek outposts is seen by some as a first step to transforming a very statist system. But with doubts over the law’s constitutionality compounding...