University of Cape Town's Battle to Tackle a Racist Legacy
Six years after a statue of Cecil Rhodes was toppled, students and staff at the South African university are still working to improve equity and representation.
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Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?
Thinktank ohne Kontrolle: Kauft sich Milliardär Alfred Schindler ein Uni-Institut?
Mit privaten Mitteln gründen Liberale an der Uni Luzern eine Denkfabrik. Wie viel Geld geflossen ist und was sie vorhaben, verraten die Involvierten nicht.
We Shouldn't Take the Independence of Our Universities for Granted
Our colleges are exceptional sources of vitality for society and pillars of democracy
How Universities Have Betrayed Reason and Humanity-And What's to Be Done About It
How Universities Have Betrayed Reason and Humanity-And What's to Be Done About It
We urgently need to create a high-profile campaign devoted to transforming universities in the way required so that humanity may learn how to make social progress toward a better, wiser, more civilized, enlightened world.
How Two Neuroscientists Built a Mindfulness Class to Improve Students' Well-being
How Two Neuroscientists Built a Mindfulness Class to Improve Students' Well-being
Kevin Boehnke and Richard E. Harris introduced a course in meditation, yoga and mindfulness to the neuroscience programme at their institution.
Leicester University May Strip Professor of Title over Social Media Barbs
Leicester University May Strip Professor of Title over Social Media Barbs
Peter Armstrong, 81, has been critical of management's financial competence and 'bullying' tactics
US Universities Call for Clearer Rules on Science Espionage Amid Crackdown
As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.
Row Erupts over University's Use of Research Metrics in Job-cut Decisions
Critics say redundancies are being decided using unreliable measures related to funding and citations, highlighting broader unease about the use of metrics in science.
The Biggest Big Deal
The newly announced California/Elsevier transformative agreement will test the financial sustainability and the financial desirability of the multi-payer model.
Race on Campus: Why Faculty Diversity Remains Largely a Zero-Sum Game
Race on Campus: Why Faculty Diversity Remains Largely a Zero-Sum Game
Without more people of color pursuing doctoral degrees, the talent pool will stay predominantly white.
Universities Need to Wise Up - or Risk Being Consigned to History
The pandemic has shown that other ways of teaching and learning are possible
What Does the Future Hold for Europe's Universities?
We are at a tipping point, a time of transformation for society and universities. A new report highlights some of the issues facing European universities.
Universities without walls – A vision for 2030
This seminal document is the result of extensive consultations and deliberations with EUA members and partners over a six-month period in 2020. It sets out a vision of resilient and effective universities, serving Europe's societies towards a better future.
Campus or Platform - What Shape Will the Post-COVID University Take?
Campus or Platform - What Shape Will the Post-COVID University Take?
Online learning is fragmenting the traditional model of the university as a single site for both education and research. In this blog, it is discussed how this digital transition is reshaping universities.
Academia in Motion: a Different Form of Recognition and Reward
Academia in Motion: a Different Form of Recognition and Reward
A better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria would improve the systems of recognition and rewards in academia.
The Free-Market Gamble: Has Covid Broken UK Universities?
The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers.
There Is No Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Close Look at the Evidence
There Is No Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Close Look at the Evidence
University approaches to Citizen Science
OpenAIREs 12th workshop on University approaches to Citizen Science in the transition to Open Science Institutional opportunities and challenges for creating an open and inclusive environment for Research.
Black Workers at Universities Often Are Left out of Conversations About Race and Higher Education
Black Workers at Universities Often Are Left out of Conversations About Race and Higher Education
Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.
Wear Your Mask, but Think About Deaf Students
Face masks are vital to containing the spread of COVID, but lecturers and universities must find ways to be inclusive, say Olivier Pourret and Elodie Saillet.
'It Really Was Abandonment.' Virus Crisis Grips British Universities
With no bailout forthcoming from the government, financially strapped British universities beckoned students back to campus, with predictably dire results.
University:Future Festival 6-8 October
For three days this event brings together teachers, students, university management and other stakeholders from universities, politics and society. It will create a virtual space for exchange on higher education.
How Universities Are Crushing Academics
Exhibiting a dogmatic faith in metrics, higher education executives are being guided less by rational considerations about educational values and more by the "snake oils" of efficiency, profitability, and accountability. But these dark arts exact a price. Due to increasing competition for funds and jobs, and with the jobs themselves becoming increasingly precarious, universities have become "anxiety machines" for academics.
Nature Index 2020 Top Science Cities
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
Universities Should Be Two-thirds Empty to Avoid COVID Spikes, Says Expert
Universities Should Be Two-thirds Empty to Avoid COVID Spikes, Says Expert
One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.
Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.
Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.
The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.
Higher Education in the UK is Morally Bankrupt. I'm Taking My Research Millions and I'm off
Higher Education in the UK is Morally Bankrupt. I'm Taking My Research Millions and I'm off
After 25 years I feel Britain has broken my trust. I'm one of many academics who now see their future in Europe
Two Years of Harassment at UCD
The academic and broadcaster recounts her experience of harassment by a colleague.
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