Quality questions in US shift towards competency-based assessment
Trump administration plans to allow universities to attract federal funding for students based not on the amount of time they spend studying but on measurements of their ability
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Nobelist: Trump’s climate doubts ‘selling our children’s future’
Frances Arnold says she feels ‘deeply distressed’ by public mistrust of science
More Japanese universities face admissions discrimination claims
Tokyo Medical University not alone in rigging entrance exams to exclude women
Pilots of £6m anti-cheating tool report successful results
A €7 million (£6.2 million) tool designed to stamp out cheating in online assessment is preparing for launch after successful European trials.
‘Equivalence’ claims ridiculed in branch campus row
Academics at an Australian university’s overseas branch campus have scoffed at claims that its courses are as good as those back home, saying that workload inequities make it impossible for them to deliver degrees of the same quality.
Lecture capture: vital learning aid or a licence to skip class?
Academics say that online recordings must be emphasised as a supplementary resource, not an alternative to lectures, or some students lose out
Universities wary of Trump’s move against gender choice
Academics express anxiety about ultimate reach of proposed policy tying gender to birth
UK universities ‘bleeding their business schools dry’
Parent institutions siphon off majority of most UK business schools’ expenditure, survey says
One in three US students report having mental condition
Increased stresses and decreased stigma leading to surge in rates of students under treatment
US midterms: House win gives Democrats critical leverage on HE
Voters back increases in university spending in series of local ballots
