Universities urged to do more to tackle homelessness
Institutions can harness civic role and research capabilities to make significant interventions in addressing long-standing problem, report says
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Trouble on the Horizon
The bumper increase in QR funding for England may sound like heaven. But with doubts over the future of Horizon, UK research is stuck in purgatory
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Apology over advice that hard-up PhD students try fruit-picking
Doctoral training centre sorry for email suggesting doctoral students work in fields and sell cosmetics to make ends meet
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To unravel mysteries of universe, ask a cabbie
Taxi drivers are a good source of inspiration on profound questions of alien life, intergalactic travel and deep space exploration, says British scientist
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Silent post-Covid freshers need a spell of magical thinking
With first-year students no longer contributing to classroom discussions as they did pre-pandemic, we need to rekindle their pleasure and agency in their own education, says Sophie Scott-Brown
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UK ministers pledge research funding to make up for Horizon Europe
Formula-driven funding for those hardest hit by deadlock with EU and more fellowship money unveiled under ‘Plan B’ road map
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New PM urged to fix fees ‘deep freeze’ and Horizon limbo
Rapid erosion of value of £9,250 is ‘stretching unit of resource to breaking point’ and will require new legislation, says Jo Johnson
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The week in higher education – 21 July 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Sarah Dryden-Peterson
The Harvard refugee education expert discusses teaching classes of 200 pupils, living in post-apartheid South Africa and why she is optimistic for the children she meets in migrant camps
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What is the happiest academic career stage?
As precarity affects ever more academics for ever longer, many have come to see a permanent position as the gateway to professional happiness. But does it always work out that way? Or do the...
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London’s grip on English higher education policy must be broken
To better respond to regional need, England’s higher and further education sectors should be unified and devolved, says Michael Shattock
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21 July 2022 digital edition
Going swimmingly: What’s the happiest academic career stage?
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‘Ambiguity’ over UKRI role holding back progress, says review
‘Unclear’ status of main UK science funder has led to slow decision-making, inefficiency and limited cross-disciplinary research, finds report
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QAA gives up quality role in English system
Independent quality body steps back from providing assessments for OfS due to non-compliance with European standards
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ߣߣÊÓƵn union leaders ‘paid too much’, say rival candidates
Clash over officials’ salaries occurs against a backdrop of resentment over union leadership’s pandemic tactics