Teaching UK degrees abroad promised adventure, sunshine and a regular pay cheque. But navigating an environment in which many students couldn’t speak English, senior academics acted like dukes and...
Cost of living blamed as ‘placeholder’ applicants fail to enrol after results day
Exodus of experienced hands in midst of financial crisis leaves institutions seeking new generation of ‘risk-takers’
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Campuses around the world have been rocked by protests calling for financial divestment from companies linked to Israel. But while boycotts have a long history in academia, some believe that...
It makes zero difference to reviewers if someone else gets a paper in a high-impact journal, so why are they so pernickety, asks Stephen CochraneÂ
Staff would receive an initial £900 rise in August followed by second uplift in March under plan outlined by Ucea
Hacking group claims to have published stolen data online
Nobel laureate says discussing vapid AI answers can help students understand true scientific rigour
Policy expert Down Under says widespread higher education review has brought its benefits but universities should not expect an easy ride
Chemistry laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart claims University of Hong Kong leader is victim of ‘tall poppy syndrome’
US academics unwilling to share ‘socially costly’ views because they fear abuse, ostracisation and disciplinary action
Outcry after UCU motion claims landmark review into gender identity services for young people has ‘serious methodological flaws’
Effect persists even after controlling for numerous variables, leaving researchers to puzzle over how brain and body are affected by large rooms
Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits