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Jack Grove covers research and science policy for Times Higher Education, as well as on issues relating to PhD, postdoctoral and early career researchers. He has a BA in English from the University of Bristol, and previously worked on newspapers including the Cambridge News and the Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
Jack can be found on Twitter at @jgro_the
Articles by Jack Grove
Delegates say 'bully's charter' fails feedback test and requires a health warning. Jack Grove reports
Sally Hunt moves to avoid showdown over reforms at annual conference. Jack Grove reports
In a competitive world, Japanese universities are realising the importance of internationalisation if they don’t want to get left behind. But culture change can be a slow and difficult process. Jack Grove reports from Japan
A senior civil servant in charge of implementing the government’s higher education policies has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of London.
Introducing a "student premium" to encourage more teenagers from disadvantaged families to attend university may lead to cuts in support for mature or part-time students, sector figures have warned.
Lowering university offers to reflect social deprivation may be misguided because decisions are being based on unreliable data, the head of the UK's admissions body has warned.
An academic who left school at 15 is one of the winners of the Higher Education Academy’s doctoral programme awards.
Ed Lester, the Student Loans Company’s chief executive – whose tax arrangements sparked a public outcry – is to step down, it has been announced.
Unions have expressed their disappointment after universities tabled a final pay offer for next year of 1 per cent.
Withdrawing state support for access to higher education courses will stop thousands of prospective mature students from attending university, a report has warned.
Cross-subsidising 'loss-makers' an essential part of university life, says UUK head. Jack Grove writes
Debate on social mobility is too focused on university access, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has argued.
More than half of the UK students who took part in Erasmus in 2010-2011 come from just 20 universities, most of which are Russell Group institutions.
An associate editor of a leading Elsevier journal has resigned, claiming the publisher is “denying developing countries access to research findings”.
Hepi data show class sizes and contact time unaffected by higher fees. Jack Grove reports
Almost 60 per cent of graduates who received counselling at university say it played a vital role in supporting their academic work, a poll has found.
Do vice-chancellors have too many plates in the air? Times Higher Education's annual survey of pay in the academy looks at the additional roles the sector's leaders take on. In an era of pay restraint, handsomely rewarded bosses do much of this work for free, but Jack Grove asks whether external posts are dangerous distractions or a vital part of the university mission
Opposition to tuition fees among German students is waning as they reap the benefits of extra educational funds, a conference has heard.
Jack Grove reports from Tokyo on De Montfort's canny cultural diplomacy
Reforms instigated by the Bologna Process are damaging German universities and producing lower-quality graduates, a conference has heard.
Higher education may become a prime target for government cuts unless the sector presents a compelling case for its importance within the wider economy, the head of England's funding council has warned.
Universities may be forced to use swipe cards that monitor student attendance to comply with tough new immigration rules, a vice-chancellor has warned.
