Security vetting plan for researchers of sensitive technologies
MI5 director general warns vice-chancellors that hostile states are targeting UK universities
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Is AI the final nail in the coffin for modern languages?
Anglophone scepticism about the value of language study had been rising for many years before anyone had heard of Duolingo or ChatGPT. But while some academics believe technology will kill off...
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Strings attached
Duncan Wu savours the cadence and nuance that a superb cast bring to this portrayal of the relationship between art and life
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No blame attached
Regarding Anthony Wilkes’ response to my work on the black and minority ethnic attainment gap (“Blaming the victims”, Letters, 7 February): I need to clarify that my research does not “blame” BME...
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Privatisation backlash as Indian universities granted autonomy
National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise
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Cross-strait tensions hamper Chinese recruitment drive in Taiwan
Efforts to recruit students from across the Taiwan Strait seen as attempt to boost sovereignty claim
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Is it time for Ukraine’s exiled academics to return?
Two years on from Russia’s invasion, displaced institutions are still teaching in temporary premises and online, while many researchers work abroad. But with a host of urgent quality problems to...
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Dutch funding boost comes with strings attached for universities
Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government
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New Zealand scraps research reforms and infrastructure funding
Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process
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Richard Sennett: ‘I’ve always felt like a fish out of water in academia’
The feted urban sociologist Richard Sennett tells Matthew Reisz about how his former career as a cellist inspired his latest trilogy of books, why his ideal university would be more night school than...
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Minister wants universities in Lithuania to ‘shrink smartly’
Falling birth rate poses ‘challenge’ for higher education sector, as focus shifts to quality and international recruitment
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College counsellors increasingly seeing traumatised students
Support services in US forced to adapt due to rise in students reporting childhood emotional abuse and sexual violence
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Waning powers
Higher education has long been a trump card for the West, helping it to win hearts and minds. If that advantage slips, the impact will be far-reaching
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From Where I Sit - Admission attachés
I was in South Africa giving a college presentation to young women at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls when I asked if anyone in the audience had questions for me. “Before you came to...
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LSBU writes off £16 million ‘bad debt’, including overseas fees
Bad debt provision pushes London university into deficit and affects banking covenant