Call for tailored mental health support for postgraduate researchers
One in four female and one in five male postgraduate researchers found to be seeking counselling during their studies, according to new report from Research England
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USS strike: global pensions crisis is now shaking ivory towers
Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini
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With a new home secretary, we need a new approach to immigration, too
Sajid Javid’s career shows the power of UK higher education – he should work to ensure that more young people can follow in his footsteps, says John Latham
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Interview with Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
The inaugural provost of Hereford’s new engineering university on moving from Mexico’s industrial heartland to the UK’s Steel City and life as a gay woman in a male-dominated profession
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Group think: scholars assess the state of sociology
Sociology, once a discipline seen as the embodiment of social progress, is now subject to frequent scepticism over its methodology, politics and career relevance. Here, five sociologists offer their...
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We need more from Santa than just project funding
Without QR funding, the UK research base would be like a Lego set with only one type of brick, write Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid
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Research councils to retain autonomy under UKRI, says MRC nominee
Fiona Watt promises that there will be no ‘ransacking of a well-structured organisation’ in shift to new umbrella body
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Overseas students targeted in new export strategy
The government has said it is “realistic” for UK international student numbers to grow up to 20 per cent over five years under current visa rules
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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018: knighthood for Les Ebdon
Former director of fair access tops list alongside Sheffield Hallam vice-chancellor Chris Husbands
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Extra £2.3 billion promised for UK R&D ahead of Budget
Announcement follows concerns raised that Britain’s economy will not grow as quickly as previously expected
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Slashing PhD prices for international students was a masterstroke
New Zealand is reaping many benefits from reducing the cost of a PhD for international students a decade ago, says Brett Berquist
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What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism...
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A PhD’s ‘grit’ credential shouldn’t be undervalued
The doggedness required to complete a PhD is underappreciated by non-academic employers and graduates themselves, Jeremy Wolos argues
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Are teaching and research mutually exclusive?
Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? ߣߣƵ surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports
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Sam Gyimah: UK collaboration with Israel ‘a strategic priority’
Minister says the UK has much to learn from Israel’s scientific excellence and entrepreneurial flair