Politics

Democrat boost in and around university campuses may help deliver on tuition-free promise

But it’s important for universities and scholars to continue pursuing links as ‘tensions’ will remain, says Harvard academic    

The popular conception that US academics are uniformly liberal fails to take into account universities’ subject breadth, says John R. Thelin

Suzanne Rivera receives both praise and abuse on social media in response to offer but says she will continue to defend rights to assembly and free speech

Higher education leaders celebrate change in tone but recognise political limits

We need to teach all students to listen better, to ask the right questions and to be willing to be wrong, says Anne Houtman

Red tape and institutional autonomy arguments fail to sway committee scrutinising law that affects universities’ overseas partnerships

Policy Exchange report from v-c on Augar panel calls for English universities, not further education colleges, to be responsible for Level 4 and 5 provision

Nation opts for strength in depth across the country instead of topping global rankings, argues sector head

Asian American opposition seen as decisive, as state also favours human embryonic research

Republicans holding Senate as Trump-Biden outcome faces long counting process

Liberty University thinktank pushes boundaries on political advertising with posts appearing to endorse Trump and champion right-wing issues

Regional Australian university under cloud as it argues the toss over transparency commitments

The removal of Donald Trump from the White House could lead to major reform in college education, but many other issues require urgent action, argue Sandro Galea and Nason Maani

But president Alexander Lukashenko has been forced to replace rectors, and some university managers have refused to expel students – suggesting regime control is not complete

Ministers’ eagerness to launch yet another review when so many others remain unpublished is testing the patience of universities, says Andrew McRae

Trump move welcomed as regulatory relief, but some onlookers expressed fears over effects on students

The vast majority of university staff and students are hoping that Joe Biden’s predicted win comes to pass in next week’s presidential election. But with the nation’s finances reeling from Covid-19 and its political fabric fraying in the partisan tug of war, how much would really change, asks Paul Basken 

Oldest state-funded military college has history of venerating Confederacy

Championed by one of the frontrunners to replace Angela Merkel, a new law could bring tuition fees, a focus on industry and greater institutional inequality

Greater Bay Area outposts offer more space, government funding and industry collaboration opportunities

Government’s decision to set out one-year budget ‘not surprising’ but creates questions over key reforms

Westminster is providing ‘no reassurance’ it will keep negotiating in the event of a no-deal Brexit, peers told

Universities reject Trump tally as hypocritical political stunt and call for clearer guidance

Polling shows appetite for modular learning among unemployed, those at risk of job losses, and those wanting to upskill

Downing Street may be forced to break manifesto pledge as Covid ruins public finances, warns Westminster insider

Pushed by Covid, academic authors see rare need to offer political voice

New ARC funding arrangements will also redirect more money to applied research

Higher education well down the priority pecking order as resounding Labour win pushes policy into the centre

The BJP’s permeation of every aspect of higher education will hamper India’s ambitions to be a world leader in research and innovation, says Aditya Sharma

Yoshihide Suga’s rejection of appointees to the Science Council of Japan may be opening shot in ‘symbolic war’, says professor 

Immigration minister signals dramatic brightening of departmental tone after May era as new ‘streamlined’ student visa route launches

The American political commentator offers John Morgan his trenchant views on Ivy League solidarity, why the left misunderstands populism and the ‘smugness’ of the ‘well-graduated’

Colleagues remain baffled at security bureau’s exclusion of Australian literature expert

Sage document from last month says closing universities would have reduced transmission rates

In-person instruction during Covid linked to Republican states and whiter student bodies

Be more candid about the nature of your foreign collaborations and think about your own moral responsibilities, Australian parliamentarians warn universities

Andrew Noble says students should study locally at undergraduate level and then travel to Britain for postgraduate courses

Institutions have begun cancelling diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in response to an executive order, but critics say it amounts to censorship

Government claims it is seeking to root out corruption and free up extra money for Covid-19 measures

Widespread anger over cancelled registrations could have been avoided with better management, expert says

Despite a favourable ruling from the EU’s top court, the Central European University, pushed out of Hungary, will remain in Vienna

Australian budget package will tide over universities as they ‘wait and see’ if international fees rebound  

Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office

Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs

If governments commit extra funding and researchers accept the growing industrial emphasis, the European Research Area can fly, says Jan Palmowski

All main Holyrood parties now support keeping status quo on fees

Universities minister says campuses can be flexible in their start date, ahead of statement from education secretary on whether A levels will be pushed back

Controversial legislation comes under fire for reduced support for students, especially in arts and humanities

Critics question whether 314 Action movement should back academics in runs against fellow Democrats

Chinese universities’ pursuit of excellence with socialist characteristics aims to put them in the company of Harvard and Oxford, says Futao Huang

Rise of graduate class has reduced status of manual workers, influential figure warns in book that may offer philosophy for Tory reshaping of post-18 education

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses

Experts welcome Boris Johnson’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, but call for more details and further progress on obstacles to part-time study

Minister warns that indecision over reforms could ‘sacrifice’ opportunity to reform sector during Covid

Internal Market Bill brings warnings that Horizon Europe deal will be near impossible if UK and EU are ‘embittered’ by trade talks failure

Academics also cite immigration policies and ‘dwindling’ funding as reasons why position in country is no longer ‘holy grail’

Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall

Gavin Williamson also says students should not be subject to additional lockdown measures