When lecturers are asked who they look to for academic leadership, they cite colleagues and even dead people - but not their own managers.That is one possible message to be drawn from research by the...
The head of England's funding council has maintained that government policy on higher education contains "contradictions", despite being "in trouble" for his comments.
Researchers' scruples about networking may be hampering their careers, a report has suggested.
Hefce in dark over extent of transfer to sub-degree courses under new system. John Morgan reports
The pressure on universities to abandon national pay bargaining is likely to grow after another minimal pay offer to staff, a prominent personnel chief has argued.
RESEARCH COUNCILS UKPublic Engagement with Research Catalysts• Award winner: Albert A. Rodger• Institution: University of Aberdeen• Value: £299,856A progressive model for institutional culture change...
Unpublished research data must be placed beyond the FoI's reach or the academy will suffer, Kevin Schürer warns
Sir Alan Langlands explains what Hefce is doing to provide help during the biggest shake-up of university funding for generations
Our vice-chancellor has responded vigorously to news that Poppleton has become England's most "squeezed middle university".He told a hastily convened press conference in the atrium of the Human...
Pursuit of an academic career forces many scholars to make personal sacrifices that are bad for them and for the profession
'Shaping capability' resulted in few changes but doubts linger about its agenda, Paul Jump writes
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With public finances stretched, the French think the unthinkable on fees. Clea Caulcutt reports
• The 1994 Group was dealt a blow last month when four member universities - Durham, Exeter, York and Queen Mary, University of London - announced that they were ditching the network of "small but...
Higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is undergoing a period of rapid change and growth, which began well before the so-called Arab Spring. Student enrolment across the region...