Asian universities contend with their #MeToo moment
Social media posts by students at home and abroad push universities to address harassment and assault
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New Swiss technology university aims to solve global problems
Schaffhausen Institute of Technology will work closely with industry and focus on interdisciplinary research and education
Oxford professor ‘failed to properly acknowledge’ Chinese colleagues
Collaborators criticise lack of sanction against Anna Lora-Wainwright, but internal investigation finds she did not intend to deceive
India must curb its entrance examination industry
A single test per state could help tackle India’s costly and complex admissions system
Big variation across Europe in cost of publishing with ‘big five’
Analysis of publishing deals across Europe highlights different costs faced by country-level consortia
Racism against students ‘taken more seriously than staff abuse’
Equality and Human Rights Commission data show staff complaints take longer to investigate and are less likely to lead to redress
Difficult times for international students in the US
International students have long been central to American research, innovation and knowledge exchange.
Universities ‘complicit’ in tarnishing of internationalisation
By failing to defend their international engagement, universities have become tangled in popular revolt against globalisation,
Academic loses research contacts as Facebook deletes page
Geographer Maddy Thompson warns scholars against relying on social network
Impact agenda ‘enables climate change scholar-activists’
Philosopher and Extinction Rebellion campaigner highlights ‘genuine synergies’ between academia and activism
