Black PhD students are pioneers in their subjects, says professor
Hakim Adi urges early career researchers at first meeting of Black Doctoral Network UK to be resilient when facing difficulties
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Hannah Arendt: thinking versus evil
Jon Nixon asks what Arendt’s work can tell us about the value of universities as places of thinking together
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Private college’s visa licence suspended as BIS and QAA launch inquiries
Two government departments and watchdog investigate St Patrick’s College
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Reform of research funding formula will benefit elites, says REF critic
Division as scholars analyse Hefce’s system for dividing £1 billion QR pot
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It was there all the time!
Our Deputy Head of REF Strategy, Brian Bryan, has expressed “absolute delight” at the news that the high-powered research panels set up to detect “impact” in the 2014 research excellence framework...
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Is the journal ratings game good for researchers?
The Association of Business Schools has released its latest ranking of periodicals, but not everyone welcomes it
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Offa: removing cap removes excuses on lack of poor students
Regulator wants elite universities to set ‘challenging targets’ on admissions as student number controls end in autumn
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Performance-related pay is way forward for sector, says UUK review
Sir Ian Diamond’s efficiencies report endorses the shift from incremental pay rises to service-related rewards
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Save field biology skills from extinction risk
John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills
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Seven myths of university teaching
Paul Ashwin unpicks some cherished nostrums, from Hollywood-style star turns at the podium to the much-exaggerated death of the lecture
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26 February 2015
Disaster recovery - How campus communities cope with calamity
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World in brief - 26 February 2015
Republic of IrelandEuropean cash aids expansive thinkingThe National University of Ireland, Maynooth has announced a €150 million (£111 million) investment in new facilities, with half the funding...
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Derek Pugh, 1930-2015
One of the world’s leading experts on organisational psychology, known for representing how organisations work with “detail, breadth and rigour”, has died
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Q&A with Iain Simons
We speak to a principal lecturer at Nottingham Trent University who is also the director of the GameCity festival and co-director of the National Videogame Arcade
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Grant winners - 26 February 2015
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilLeadership FellowshipsAward winner: Gleider HernándezInstitution: Durham UniversityValue: £177,882Constructing authority in international lawAward winner: Rory...