Interview with Bradley Hughes
The language specialist talks about his monoglot roots, the joys of linguistics and why academics could take a trick or two from English teachers
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Matchmaking tool Konfer seeks to boost university-industry links
As research funding becomes increasingly linked with impact assessment, academics will need help seeking out business partners, sector leaders say
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LGBT v-c aims to put diversity at heart of UK policy debate
Debra Humphris discusses experiencing prejudice and learning from it, and why the University Alliance's voice on the future of work and higher education matters
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Success wired in: the stories behind the THE Awards 2019 winners
Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis
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Help us help you, universities tell central Sydney visionaries
‘Investment, policy support and consistency’ crucial to university role in regional development
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Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda?
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that...
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Careers intelligence: helping postdocs find jobs
Improving the career prospects of postdocs is now a priority of UK universities and research funders
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Conservative provinces split from Trudeau on higher education
Alberta joins Ontario in cutting university funding and hiking tuition fees
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Why shouldn’t the UK’s Darpa be within UKRI?
Conservative mistrust of the existing research funding system demands a re-examination of its uneasy compromises, says John Womersley
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The UK’s centenarian lifelong learning provision needs rejuvenation
Universities, local authorities and others must heed the Centenary Commission on Adult Education’s recommendations, says Jonathan Michie
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New ‘strategic body’ for education part of Labour’s English plan
Party’s lifelong learning report features call for new organisation to coordinate across National Education Service
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Where is higher education in Chile’s dignity revolution?
Fees reform has not quelled popular anger over exploitation, but academics can play a key role in constitutional reform, says Robert Funk
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THE World University Rankings 2020: turning a juggernaut around
Strong decision-making and a focus on culture enabled a rapid shift in the performance of an ߣߣÊÓƵn behemoth, says Michael Spence
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UK’s first ‘dean of place’ turns civic thinking into action
Newcastle’s Jane Robinson wants to work strategically with local partners to help address north east’s post-industrial challenges
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The week in higher education – 31 October 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media