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18 May

Scholars and students fight to keep Palestinian education alive

By Zahra Khan

17 May

Charity’s ‘alarm’ over heart disease research funding shortfall

By Kathryn Palmer for Inside Higher Ed

17 May

As one-party spaces, encampments are anathemas in liberal societies

Who wants to be heckled in their workplace by people who think they are entitled to define the parameters of your faith for you, asks Joseph Mintz

By Joseph Mintz

18 May

The University of Edinburgh's Old College

Israel divestment calls are also a demand for shared decision-making

17 May

Recruitment woes could leave eight in 10 universities in deficit

16 May

Ho Teck Hua on moving like a start-up

The head of Nanyang Technological University leverages the institution’s youthful vigour to put AI at the heart of learning and uses his research background to inform his leadership and help recruit potential Nobel prizewinners

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Campus

‘You’re my only hope’: embedding holographic learning experiences into teaching

By Gary Burnett

North America

Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge

By Paul Basken

17 May

Florida A&M ‘pauses’ largest ever donation after questions raised

17 May

Why has policing of US campus protests gone so wrong?

By Paul Basken

15 May

Rapprochement, not confrontation, will restore order to US campuses

By Richard Joseph

14 May

Europe

London ‘failing to deliver’ affordable student accommodation

17 May

Charity’s ‘alarm’ over heart disease research funding shortfall

17 May

‘Exit strategies’ needed in transnational education, experts say

17 May

Scotland’s free tuition policy questioned amid political turmoil

By Tom Williams

17 May

Asia

A man looking for books at a book store in a curtain in the Jinbocho area in Tokyo to illustrate More awareness of open access needed as Japan deadline looms

More awareness of open access needed as Japan deadline looms

By Helen Packer

17 May

Promote ‘love’ for China, Beijing tells Hong Kong universities

By Helen Packer

14 May

Ho Teck Hua on moving like a start-up

14 May

Young University Rankings 2024: results announced

14 May

Australia & New Zealand

China's Han Xu ends up falling on court during the Women's Basketball World Cup Semi Final match between Australia and China at Sydney, Australia to illustrate China research at ‘crisis point’, Australian scholars warn

China research at ‘crisis point’, Australian scholars warn

18 May

Australian international student caps ‘will skew enrolments’

17 May

Australian universities hold steady as Gaza protests escalate

16 May

Mixed reaction to Australian research and development review

16 May

News

China research at ‘crisis point’, Australian scholars warn

No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims

18 May

Palestinian artist draws Palestinian flag and Al-Aqsa Mosque, symbolising solidarity in Gaza, on the wall of a building that was heavily damaged as a result of the attacks in Rafah, Gaza on 30 April, 2024

Scholars and students fight to keep Palestinian education alive

Even as undergraduates battle to survive in besieged Rafah, they are seeking to continue their studies

By Zahra Khan

17 May

A lifesaving automated external defibrillator installed on the seafront for emergency use in Shoeburyness, Essex

Charity’s ‘alarm’ over heart disease research funding shortfall

British Heart Foundation says cardiovascular disease research faces shortfall of more than £250 million to 2035

17 May

Sonoma State president pushed out over Israel divestment pledge

By Paul Basken

17 May

‘Exit strategies’ needed in transnational education, experts say

17 May

Australian international student caps ‘will skew enrolments’

17 May

Scotland’s free tuition policy questioned amid political turmoil

By Tom Williams

17 May

More awareness of open access needed as Japan deadline looms

By Helen Packer

17 May

London ‘failing to deliver’ affordable student accommodation

By Kathryn Palmer for Inside Higher Ed

17 May

Florida A&M ‘pauses’ largest ever donation after questions raised

17 May

Recruitment woes could leave eight in 10 universities in deficit

By Tom Williams

16 May

Scores of jobs to go in London South Bank restructure

By Chris Havergal

16 May

In-depth

By Zahra Khan

Scholars and students fight to keep Palestinian education alive

Even as undergraduates battle to survive in besieged Rafah, they are seeking to continue their studies

17 May

Wall art of hand reaching out with person walking by holding an umbrella in Toronto to illustrate How to meet students’ soaring mental health needs on a budget

How to meet students’ soaring mental health needs without soaring funding

Sandy Welsh and Cheryl Regehr explain how the University of Toronto used leadership, partnerships, service tools and research to revolutionise its provision without recruiting vast armies of counsellors, while Joyce Jacobsen considers how far institutions should go to help at-risk students

Concept illustration looking at a book with lock holes inside, one man is dragging a large key on a rope to illustrate Is mentoring the elixir of academic life?

Is mentoring the elixir of academic life?

The importance of senior faculty advising junior colleagues on their career trajectories is increasingly emphasised. But is guidance – and the giving of it – being fairly shared? Should mentoring schemes be formalised? And are they really enough? Seven academics have their say

Opinion

By Joseph Mintz

As one-party spaces, encampments are anathemas in liberal societies

Who wants to be heckled in their workplace by people who think they are entitled to define the parameters of your faith for you, asks Joseph Mintz

18 May

Israel divestment calls are also a demand for shared decision-making

The Edinburgh protests underline the need for meaningful ways for students, staff and community to govern the university together, says Kevin Donovan

The last thing UK students need is a higher maintenance loan

Students already graduate with huge debts. Rather than accepting yet more easy credit, they should do more paid work, says Paul Wiltshire

The MAC report must launch a debate on UK HE’s purpose and funding

By Graham Galbraith

15 May

The last thing UK students need is a higher maintenance loan

By Paul Wiltshire

16 May

Rapprochement, not confrontation, will restore order to US campuses

By Richard Joseph

14 May

If India’s v-cs are politically neutral, why don’t they defend autonomy?

By Mukhtar Ahmad

13 May

World policy

Devotees gather near an effigy of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the Ram Mandir Temple to illustrate Political attacks on Indian HEIs must end

Whoever wins the election, political attacks on Indian HEIs must end

The BJP’s ideological pressure is causing religion and politics to intrude into academia, risking a disastrous brain drain, says Eldho Mathews

Editor's pick

Boardroom meeting divided graph line going down, half black and white half colour to illustrate Faculty-administrator distrust is making US universities ungovernable

Faculty-administrator distrust is making US universities ungovernable

We must rethink higher education’s intellectual mission in terms that transcend Manichaean critiques of the neoliberal university, says Nicholas Dirks

The newsroom blog

Between a rock and a hard place

International student fees are propping up UK universities, but with immigration a key electoral battleground politicians seem not to care

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Ho Teck Hua on moving like a start-up

14 May

Alexander Ping-kong Wai, president and vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)

Alexander Ping-kong Wai on future-proofing higher education

The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market

29 April

SKKU’s Ji-Beom Yoo: ‘we must learn without fear’

As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni

By Pola Lem

24 April

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