Every researcher needs a coach
Standard mentoring is not enough if we want a resilient, compassionate and happy research workforce, says Mark Reed
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International learners stay cool on studying Down Under
New Zealand now perceived poorly on factors where it used to excel, survey finds
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Japan University Rankings 2022 table information
Our rankings table includes information on the following: Number of students This is the number of full-time equivalent students at the university. Student-to-staff ratio This is the ratio of full-...
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Japan University Rankings 2022: results announced
International universities decline during Covid-19 in teaching-focused league table
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How to write a grant application? Tell a story, but analyse too
Close reading of ERC Starting Grant proposals finds secrets to success and raises concerns about smoke and mirrors from narrative CVs
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US housing woes derail efforts to help low-income students
Berkeley dormitory crisis offers broad warning that higher education won’t meet equity goals if students have no place to live
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Local focus for university-business links in UK ‘too narrow’
Major survey of almost 4,000 firms finds work with institutions at national and international level is a large slice of collaboration activity
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Our to-do lists can’t grow forever. It’s time to try subtraction
The default mode of human problem-solving is to add complexity. But we must try harder to resist, say Leidy Klotz and Robert Sutton
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UK hails ‘significant savings’ as Elsevier open access deal struck
Deal includes prestigious Cell Press and Lancet journals
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Western scholars appeal to Russian colleagues to ‘end bloodshed’
Signatories of letter urging peace include dozens of top academics and Nobel prizewinner
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Sexual misconduct still rife in ߣߣÊÓƵn universities
Huge national survey finds that half of students know little or nothing about formal reporting mechanisms
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Students ‘could save £40K’ by cancelling gap years before reforms
Potential for ‘mass cancellation of gap years’ in rush for 2022 entry as finance expert warns 2023 starters could face huge hike in costs
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Spike in dropouts forcing Japanese to focus on student well-being
University leavers jumped 40 per cent in 2021, according to government figures
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Is globalisation dead? And what would this mean for universities?
War in Ukraine may reshape university internationalisation, but most academics do not expect a knockout blow
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The false market in degrees is ruining higher education
Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay