Closer China-Russia ties ‘could shift academic freedom norms’
Endorsement of new partnership by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin may be reaction to US cold shoulder
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China ‘matching West’ on access and participation
China is now on a par with the West in its capacity to service the higher education needs of its own population, a review suggests.
US House backs increased funding for education and research
Final budget, pending Senate and White House input, may be slightly less generous
Big-name business schools ‘give students less teaching time’
Vast resources channelled into research, analysis of business schools finds
Journal articles ‘should cost £300 to publish’
Calculation by open access campaigners questions supposedly unnecessary spending by publishers on lobbying, marketing and executive pay
Academics oppose advertising heads of department posts externally
Leeds accused of attempting to extend control of central management by ending practice of selecting heads of school from within the faculty
Paper rejected after plagiarism detector stumped by references
Editors say episode demonstrates need for humans to review work of software
Claims of ‘crisis’ in campus free speech ‘are fake news’
UK government's Prevent strategy is ‘true threat to free speech’ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official
Obama adviser warns universities of growing cybersecurity threat
‘Irresistible’ network technology raises threat level from crooks and spooks, says Jeff Bleich
Contract cheating remedy ‘outlaws friendly help’
Proposed Australian law could thwart peer support, universities say
