Appointment of Toby Young to Office for Students board criticised University and College Union says selection of ‘Tory cheerleader’ raises questions about new regulator’s role in English sector Chris Havergal 1月 1日
New Austrian government to bring in university tuition fees Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards David Matthews 12月 30日
New Year Honours 2018: damehood for Liverpool vice-chancellor University of Strathclyde pollster John Curtice knighted in annual list Rachael Pells 12月 29日
Open access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal An open access deal between German authors in journals published by Elsevier could be problematic, say Alex Holcombe and Bj?rn Brembs Alex Holcombe 12月 27日
University of Warwick scraps California branch campus plan UK institution expresses concern about regulatory constraints and ‘global political challenges’ Chris Havergal 12月 27日
Have English reforms led to universities fishing in same pool? Latest data from Ucas suggest bulk of institutions are increasingly recruiting students with similar grade profiles Simon Baker 12月 26日
Denmark moves from quantity to quality in Nobel prize plan Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business David Matthews 12月 24日
Czech university urged to bar new dean over ‘junk journal’ papers Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist Jack Grove 12月 23日
‘If universities are harassed, culture erodes and tyranny will prevail’ Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ‘psycho-nationalism’ Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 12月 22日
Overseas student numbers surge in Czech Republic Offer of free study appears to have attracted many undergraduates, particularly from Russia David Matthews 12月 22日
Journal apologises for review’s ‘lady author’ slur Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work Rachael Pells 12月 22日
Oxford project’s ‘balance-sheet view’ of colonialism criticised Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire Matthew Reisz 12月 22日
