Germany halts academic collaboration with Russia over Ukraine war

Russia has ‘turned its back on the international community’, says Berlin

How can US universities combat threat of teaching restrictions?

Lawmakers moving to block lessons on race and politics after successful efforts to police school curricula

UK scholars ‘more likely to self-censor’ when teaching Chinese students

Research aims to gather evidence on whether international links with autocratic states pose threat to UK academic freedom

Liberate teaching materials from paywalls, urges professor

Open access champion also proposes an IB for universities, as competition gives way to collaboration  

White House science adviser Lander quits over bullying claims

White House tried to keep MIT-Harvard professor in top post after he apologised for belittling female colleagues

Library sorry as student Twitter saga turns out to be tall tale

Story of student borrowing two books to share them with their mother ‘drew on genuine experiences’ but was ‘imagined’

Higher education must stop covering up misconduct

If universities will not give up NDAs, how can we expect private corporations to do any better, asks Julie Macfarlane

University of Hong Kong removes Tiananmen ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue

HKU community sceptical of official explanation blaming move on fragility of monument

Afghanistan’s academics are starting to lose hope

The Taliban’s professed support for higher education has not been matched by their actions so far, says Rahmatullah Katawazai 

Is academic freedom compatible with political influence over governance?

The Florida governor’s control over the make-up of public universities’ boards makes recent controversies unsurprising, says Mei Lan Frame

Universities need to work together to make an impact on climate change

Emily Shuckburgh and Alyssa Gilbert, co-chairs of the COP26 Universities Network, draw the lessons from two years of collective effort

Universities are not immune to the toxin of stupidity

Mediocre but arrogant academics who appropriate successful projects are a threat to education and collegiality, says Manuel Freire-Garabal 

Rethink time needed for online teaching, universities urged

Allowance needed for ‘upfront’ time cost of creating digital content, event hears

Let’s get students off the plane and on to the train

Erasmus funding rules should be rewritten to compensate students for the higher cost of travelling by rail, says Connie Hedegaard

‘Democracy in freefall’ at Australian universities

Greens discussion paper blames corporate governance for sector’s most pressing problems

Don’t fear losing Elsevier access, California negotiator tells UK

UK universities could easily cope without Elsevier access for lengthy period, says Berkeley librarian who led system through two-year cut-off

Plos One retracts article tied to MIT and Epstein

Report on breakthrough technology in cyber-agriculture withdrawn over accuracy and replicability as former researcher sues MIT

Universities fail to move casual staff on to permanent contracts

Fresh ‘wage theft’ claims arise as Australian legislation to combat casualisation fails to scratch the surface

Digital education should only endure if it can replicate campus benefits

The pandemic revealed that in-person teaching generates greater satisfaction and sense of belonging, say Leonard Saxe and Graham Wright

Open access switch picks up pace in Australia and New Zealand

Springer pact follows agreement with Cambridge University Press, as other big publishers prepare to follow suit