Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions

New European rule on protecting data from human research subjects being found so complicated as to slow medical science

Study raises doubts over value of ‘character education’ in universities

System urges researchers to consider boycotting academic publisher as negotiations go to the wire

After US government officials escalate warnings against Chinese espionage, university presidents challenge idea that it’s a major campus activity

Paper calls for scientific organisations to monitor platforms ‘known to spread false and misleading’ information about research and ‘respond quickly’

Study based on fields of astronomy, ecology and robotics suggests huge drop in duration of scholarly careers

Managers’ first reaction is usually to ‘look at the bottom line’, but ‘they’re just usually not as crass and as crude as this’

Legal battle between aboriginal former dean and university could halt institutions’ progress on indigenisation, scholars say

Chinese purchases of US college campuses may be more about pursuing business objectives than promoting ideology

Andrew Potter case reflects broader trend of universities valuing reputation over scholarly freedom, say academics

Education Corporation of America, with more than 70 for-profit US colleges, falls victim to changing economics and sector-wide crackdown on abuses