Universities Protest EU Plan for Register of Foreign Funding
Proposal for register of organisations receiving non-EU funding risks being "harmful", says European University Association.
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Corporate Funding for Universities: Serving Society or Human Greed?
Corporate Funding for Universities: Serving Society or Human Greed?
Is it right for banks to fund the academic chairs that will train the economists and financiers of tomorrow?
The Younger Generation Fighting Sexual Harassment at Swiss Universities
The Younger Generation Fighting Sexual Harassment at Swiss Universities
Public awareness campaigns have not stemmed sexual harassment at Swiss universities. A new generation of women is taking matters into their own hands.
United States to End Race-Based University Admissions: What Now for Diversity in Science?
United States to End Race-Based University Admissions: What Now for Diversity in Science?
The US Supreme Court has struck down colleges’ and universities’ right to use race as a factor in deciding which students they admit.
Beyond the Doughnut - Five Ways to Use Altmetrics for Academic Success
Beyond the Doughnut - Five Ways to Use Altmetrics for Academic Success
A decade on since their inception, Andy Tattersall considers how academics can make use of altmetrics in ways that go beyond counts and metrics.
University Strikes: How the Marking Boycott Affects Cambridge
University Strikes: How the Marking Boycott Affects Cambridge
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) are continuing a marking and assessment boycott over pay and working conditions. The BBC spoke to students and staff at the University of Cambridge about how the situation is being handled there.
Thinking Allowed - Elite Universities - Working Class Students
Elite universities and the lives of working class academics.
Classroom Assistance: the Scientists Turning the Tools of Their Trade to Education
Classroom Assistance: the Scientists Turning the Tools of Their Trade to Education
A small but growing number of scientific faculty positions are focusing on the science of teaching.
Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But It IS Fixable
Unnecessary Research Bureaucracy is Killing Academic Productivity, But It IS Fixable
Research bureaucracy and administrative burden has become so overpowering that many researchers are reporting that they don't have time to do any research anymore. Phill Jones argues that technology in the form of PIDs will go a long way to fixing this.
Universities List the Hurdles Blocking Transnational Collaboration
The EU has been pushing for convergence in the university sector for several decades, but when it comes to collaborating transnationally, universities struggle to deal with the patchwork of national regulations governing higher education. The European University Association (EUA) has taken stock and listed the biggest barriers to transnational collaboration in a briefing paper last week.
'Not Even Enough Money for Food': Graduate Students Face Cash Crunch
'Not Even Enough Money for Food': Graduate Students Face Cash Crunch
The cost-of-living crisis is causing widespread financial distress among those in master's and PhD programmes worldwide.
Learning from Failure in Higher Education Institutions
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Adam Shore, Director of the School of Business and Management at Liverpool John Moores University, Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools' Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee, and Board Director of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). This blog is the sixth in our series on leadership […]
A Road Map Aims to Improve the Lives of Junior Scientists in Europe
A Road Map Aims to Improve the Lives of Junior Scientists in Europe
University associations, legislators, students and other stakeholders release a declaration on ways to recruit and retain early-career researchers in academia.
Contrary to Media Narratives, Higher Education Has Little Impact on Students' Political Views
Contrary to Media Narratives, Higher Education Has Little Impact on Students' Political Views
It is often taken as a given that higher education shapes the politics of students. However, drawing on evidence from the British Election Study, Tom Fryer finds students' political attitudes do not change radically during their studies.
European University Alliances Say Fragmented Education Laws Could Undermine Their Future
European University Alliances Say Fragmented Education Laws Could Undermine Their Future
As the transnational European university alliances enter their fourth year, the European Commission is pumping in an extra €384 million to keep the initiative going. But the current alliances say the goal should be long-term sustainable support. The fourth call for proposals launched this week, will back existing alliances to expand and to launch new ones, as the scheme edges towards the goal of having 60 alliances with more than 500 member universities by mid-2024.
Liberal Arts and Sciences After Bologna: What's Next?
Liberal Arts and Sciences After Bologna: What's Next?
Times have changed, and the conditions that fostered the rise of liberal arts and sciences programs after the start of the Bologna reforms no longer obtain. This raises the question of how the liberal arts and sciences movement will continue in the near future. Can it still have any relevance in a changing context?
Most US Professors Are Trained at Same Few Elite Universities
'Jarring' study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.
European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum
European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum
The European Universities initiative was conceived to develop higher education across the EU, with a tight focus on students and teaching. Higher education institutions from different countries were invited to form alliances and bid for Erasmus + funds to develop joint curricula and boost mobility. But innovation and entrepreneurship increasingly appear in the alliance playbook, particularly when the partners are close to the market.
The Public Futures of the Humanities
The challenge of demonstrating the value of the humanities can never be fully accomplished by showing that the humanities serve other disciplines.
Universities Warn of EU-UK Research Scheme 'close to Precipice'
Universities Warn of EU-UK Research Scheme 'close to Precipice'
Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.
Has the 'Great Resignation' Hit Academia?
A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.
He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment.
He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment.
Behind the fall of David Sabatini, 'one of the greatest scientists' of his generation.
President Zelensky Urges US Universities to Help Rebuild Ukraine's Higher Education System
President Zelensky Urges US Universities to Help Rebuild Ukraine's Higher Education System
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has urged universities in the US to provide the expertise in defence, cybersecurity, aeronautics and healthcare that is needed to rebuild his country's war-torn economy and infrastructure.
Who Owns Einstein? The Battle for the World's Most Famous Face
The long read: Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Albert Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he ever did in his lifetime. But is that what the great scientist would have wanted?
Fostering Research Excellence in an Uncertain Environment
A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.
Academic Sector Makes Moves to Going Green
Europe's universities and research organisations are going green, with some bidding to be at the forefront of Europe's 2050 net zero ambition.
Climate Change: Don't Let Doom Win, Project Tells Worriers
The BBC gets an exclusive look at a new project to help students deal with rising climate anxiety.
Draft Work Programmes for Climate, Widening and Research Infrastructures Leaked
Draft Work Programmes for Climate, Widening and Research Infrastructures Leaked
A new batch of unapproved drafts of Horizon Europe work programmes obtained by Science|Business reveals details about upcoming funding calls for climate research, improving research excellence in poorer EU countries and strengthening research infrastructures.
European University Association Suspends Russian Members over Pro-War Statement
European University Association Suspends Russian Members over Pro-War Statement
The European University Association (EUA) has suspended 12 Russian universities whose rectors signed a statement supporting president Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and parroting the Kremlin's justification for the assault.
A Pathway Towards Multidimensional Academic Careers
A Pathway Towards Multidimensional Academic Careers
LERU published a position paper “A Pathway towards Multidimensional Academic” to provide a LERU framework for assessing researchers careers. The report elaborates on three perspectives that form the basis of the framework for the assessment of research.
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