California’s Elsevier break strengthens other campuses’ hands
Universities report winning more conciliatory terms on open access question in their own negotiations with publisher
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Hong Kong boycotts are ‘lessons in civics’
Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts
Tenure under threat as US university mulls department closures
Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable
Students need to learn how trolls and bots stir up online divisions
Critical thinking is not enough. Students must be taught dynamics of social media
Many universities ‘going backwards’ on gender equality in science
Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study
Does the postgraduate premium really exist?
A new survey of employers raises questions about the labour market value of postgraduate study
New Zealand’s vice-chancellors are also walking a tightrope over China
Recent clashes over Hong Kong and Tiananmen Square have strained universities’ diplomatic sinews
Hong Kong historian witnesses dictatorship on the doorstep
‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter
How green is my university?
Academia has gone green in a big way in recent years, but some doubt whether it will make much difference to the planet.
HKU student leader resigns, flees territory
Departure latest example of intermittent campus disruption from broader protest movement
