Universities Can't Leave LGBTQ+ Researchers to Manage the Backlash Alone
Universities Can't Leave LGBTQ+ Researchers to Manage the Backlash Alone
Institutions need to take responsibility for colleagues doing politicised research.
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Universities, Science, and Politics
The crisis of universities is not primarily due to politicization but to issues about whom universities serve and how they can serve them better against a backdrop of inequality, political polarization, and public mistrust.
Universities Need to Adapt to a World in Which Knowledge is No Longer Scarce
Universities Need to Adapt to a World in Which Knowledge is No Longer Scarce
If AI is making access to knowledge less scarce, what role to do universities have in delivering it?
Is Metascience Being Co-opted?
Academia is dysfunctional, says the White House, and needs radical solutions. But is the research reform agenda being used to defund universities, or moving too fast?
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Despite universities' important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?
What Kind of Discipline is AI?
Universities are creating AI schools alongside disciplines such as logic, economics and communication without addressing their shared foundations. Mouhamdy M. Dahoud argues that this reflects an ontological gap, with current research funding and assessment taxonomies overlooking an entire category of science.
Just following the money? How research funding shapes the governance of university research
Just following the money? How research funding shapes the governance of university research
The authors investigate how funding structures influence university governance and research behaviour. The paper contributes to broader discussions about autonomy, incentives, and the organisation of research systems.
EIT funding pushes university alliances further towards innovation
A dedicated call from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will help shift the focus of EU education networks
Europe agrees on plan to reconstruct Ukrainian R&D
Gdańsk declaration sets out infrastructure, brain drain and grant office measures. But Ukraine is far short of R&D spending targets
Inclusion Without a Structural Lens Just Reproduces Exclusion
With universities relying on disclosure models and deficit framing to address awarding gaps, racism and ableism aren't distortions of the system - they're built into it.
Researchers Show Strong Interest in MSCA Staff Exchange 2026 Call
The latest call under the MSCA Staff Exchanges has drawn significant global attention, with 416 proposals submitted before the 16 April 2026 deadline
European universities call for stronger research cooperation
Rectors’ conferences across Europe unite behind call for ambitious Horizon Europe budget and long-term funding for university alliances
As War Escalates, Iran’s Universities Face Increasing Fire
Attacks have destroyed or damaged a wide range of academic and commercial research centers.
AI Policy is Penalising the Students Most Trying to Comply
Jim Dickinson presents findings from new research on students' use of AI – and argues the sector is punishing precisely the disposition it should be cultivating.
Indirect Cost Caps: A Hidden Threat to American Science
Reductions in federal reimbursement rates for institutional research facilities and administration costs could bankrupt America’s research universities.
How science parks can transform Australian universities into innovation hubs
How science parks can transform Australian universities into innovation hubs
University-based science parks could become highly attractive sites for deeper engagement with industry, venture capitalists, and start-ups, and help procure government funding too, as proven in the UK, Singapore, and China.
Appeals court agrees that NIH cannot reduce overhead payments to academic institutions
Appeals court agrees that NIH cannot reduce overhead payments to academic institutions
In another legal win for U.S. universities, a panel of appellate judges yesterday upheld a lower court ruling blocking the National Institutes of Health from sharply reducing the funding it gives institutions.
HE Sector Demands €60 Billion in EU Funding for Erasmus+
European higher education sector organisations have issued a joint statement calling on member states, the European Parliament and the European Commission to ensure an allocation of at least €60 billion (US$70 billion) for Erasmus+ from 2028 to 2034.
Universities Reject Trump Funding Deal
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” developed by the Trump administration and sent to nine universities on 1 October, proposes that the institutions agree to a series of criteria in exchange for preferential treatment in funding decisions. As of 20 October, various schools have responded to Trump’s offer.
Why Sorbonne Pulled out of University Ranking
Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education Rankings. According to its president, most of these rankings are "black boxes" whose methods raise ethical questions.
Europe Stands at a Crossroads
Universities remain the backbone of social and technological progress. However, not everybody in Europe understands the power and strength of basic science and its importance for the future progress of the continent.
Stop the University Ranking Circus
In June 2024, a study called for an end to use of ranking to validate research. The researchers gave their reasons. Others have followed even while the ranking industry seems to be coming off more and more popular with students, parents and recruiters.
Universities Must Lead in Reclaiming Scientific Sovereignty
Africa's limited control over its own research priorities, publishing platforms, and funding streams has left the continent vulnerable to external i...
New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery
New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery
Where does scientific discovery happen, and why does it matter? A recent analysis by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School professor of Public Policy, and Connie Xu, a Harvard PhD candidate in health policy, finds that strong scientific institutions play a significant role in output in the life sciences.
Universities Struggle to Recognise Leadership Beyond the Academic Template
Universities Struggle to Recognise Leadership Beyond the Academic Template
Second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership - and that's exactly what universities need.
Trump's Attack on US Universities is an Attack on All Universities
This year marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most influential science policy papers ever published: "Science: the Endless Frontier," a report by presidential advisor Vannevar Bush that served as the blueprint for the post-WWII rise of the US as the world's leader in scientific research, innovation and education. Bush famously wrote:
More than 60 German Universities and Research Institutions Leave X
More than 60 German Universities and Research Institutions Leave X
Changes to the social media platform make further use “untenable”
UNESCO Seeks to Give Impetus to Scholarly Work on Slavery
UNESCO has called for the creation of university chairs for the study of the history of enslavement and the transatlantic slave trade.
A Higher Education Transformation Fund Would Catalyse University Reform
Universities might be able to transform without help, but public investment would bring pace and focus on national priorities. Alistair Jarvis sets out how a transformation fund could work.
Improving Universities' Public Standing
How universities can help make their case
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