What Plan B?
I envy those who have the option of leaving academia (“Vocation, vexation, salvation”, Features, 13 July). Women are often more able to make this move than men, but I’m the breadwinner. I was...
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Does not translate
I have always found Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s opinions stimulating, not least because I am often in disagreement, at least partially, with them. In “Translation: steer clear” (Opinion, 13 July), I ...
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Who should have the final say on vice-chancellors’ pay?
Amid fresh criticism of executive remuneration, perhaps universities need to rethink the issue of vice-chancellors’ salaries
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Russia presses ahead with thousands of science job cuts
Forty per cent of state-funded student places to be axed also
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Trump’s historically black colleges initiative runs into trouble
US president struggling to find executive director for scheme, according to reports
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Anglo-ߣߣƵn alliance nets first science PhD
Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and ߣߣƵ
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Letting in disadvantaged students with lower grades doesn’t always help
Helping students into ‘tougher’ universities means that they are statistically more likely to drop out, says Huw Owen
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ߣߣƵ: minister attacks ‘alarmist’ opposition to HE reforms
Simon Birmingham claims that universities can achieve ‘economies of scale’ to deal with funding cuts
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Controversial head of French research agency resigns
Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure
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Malawi government proposes new body to weed out fake degrees
Former education minister says government will table bill for creation of new degree standardising body
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UK university pension scheme deficit widens to £12.6 billion
‘Drastic action’ required to fix multibillion-pound shortfall in Universities Superannuation Scheme, expert warns
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Scholars still using new technology ‘to do the same damn thing’
Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship
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How China's youth population dip may spell trouble
Data in the latest 'Patterns and Trends' analysis from UUK shows how the China international student bubble could end up bursting