By Joyce Lau for Times Higher Education. India has been warned that it will struggle to achieve its higher education development goals if it does not take significant steps to guarantee academic freedom. More...
India Warned on Academic Freedom
Hong Kong Protests Spread to Taiwan
By Joyce Lau for Times Higher Education. Taiwanese universities have been hit by a wave of vandalism and campus unrest as tensions between mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students hit new heights. More...
A British DARPA
By John Morgan for Times Higher Education. Academics have expressed concern about plans announced by Britain's Conservative government to create a new funding agency modeled on the U.S. research organization that created the forerunner to the internet. More...
The Tory Manifesto
By John Morgan for Times Higher Education. Conservative priorities on English university policy for a general election manifesto or beyond will include targeting “low-value higher education,” it has been suggested, as Tory ministers look set to reject a review’s plans to lower tuition fees. More...
Approaching Your Internship With Intention
Despite the daunting nature of engaging in an internship in graduate school, the pros can outweigh the cons, writes Tina Solvik. More...
If You Want to Lead, Start With a Vision
Working toward a clearly defined one creates educational opportunities that benefit your students and your institution, writes Cheryl Norton. More...
An Empath’s Guide to Surviving Academe
Rose Ernst provides advice for avoiding a slow, smoldering burnout. More...
10 Red Flags in Grant Writing
Grant writing can occupy a disproportionate amount of faculty time and energy, write Jude Mikal and Sarah Grace, who offer advice to help ensure that such time and energy are well spent. More...
Why Listening Matters for Leaders
It can help you build a healthy and productive unit in a least three significant ways, write Sebastian Wraight, Nicholas C. Burbules, Elizabeth A. Luckman and C. K. Gunsalus. More...
Are We Pressuring Students to Choose a Hostile STEM?
I've recently had a nagging feeling, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, that we still haven’t figured out how to ask students: Do you, in fact, want a life in STEM. More...