With levy-funded maintenance grants and 50 per cent target scrapped again, government’s vision for universities becomes clearer. But while rhetoric appears tough, experts see opportunities as...
Gazan students due to begin studies in Ireland and Italy but efforts in other countries remain blocked
An AHRC scheme based at Northumbria simplifies application, widens participation and maximises dissemination, say Katy Shaw and Rachel Connor
Almost 40 principal lecturer posts affected and 14 jobs lost in planned restructure, while staff at Imperial College London strike over ‘below inflation’ pay offer
Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend
Not our role to ‘police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,’ says president
City told to resist ‘mainlandisation’ amid fears that expansion is placing growing strain on staff and resources
Flexibility of hours and drive to do meaningful research among the things workers prize most highly, but could also be driving them to quit
WhatsApp a winner, ‘mystery shopping’ study reveals, as universities ‘sharpen their interactions’ with would-be students
Otago v-c Grant Robertson says overhaul of New Zealand’s research assessment exercise combined with dire sector finances could present a ‘double whammy’ for some subjects
‘Irreversible damage’ being done to higher education as government removes the ‘last lifelines to learning’ for many
As the regulations governing FP10 are thrashed out, there is a risk that industrial policy will taint the programme’s USP, says Jan Palmowski