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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
Developing countries wanting to improve their universities should emulate the success of Pakistan in retaining top academics by paying them hefty salaries, according to the country's former science minister.
Female academic leaders tend to get stuck in bureaucratic middle management roles rather than reaching top university posts, a study has found.
Build bridges closer to home to stop best minds going West, conference is told. Jack Grove reports
Jack Grove hears how a chance encounter propelled Arthur Gibson from Bradford's slums to Cambridge's high table
House of Lords report advises Europe to ‘prioritise other activities’. Jack Grove writes
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced investment worth £100 million for universities in a bid to boost private-sector investment in research.
Removing international students from official immigration figures would reduce government statistics to “nonsense”, the head of a migration pressure group has claimed.
Students on accelerated two-year degrees often performed better than those on traditional three-year degrees, a report has said.
Classroom-based activities may be a rarity in the university of tomorrow. Jack Grove reports
Working-class students are less likely to study physics or mathematics than other subjects at university, research has found.
Hefce-backed teaching programme failed to raise standards significantly. Jack Grove writes
Asia and Europe up the pace as Harvard tops THE World Reputation Rankings. Jack Grove reports
Students are taking part in a national walkout at campuses across the UK today as part of a “week of action” calling on the government and universities to “come clean” on their plans for higher education.
Overseas student numbers are set to rise by 10 per cent over the next decade, a British Council study has said.
The universities of Durham, Exeter, York and Queen Mary, University of London, have joined the Russell Group, it has been announced.
Only a quarter of parents believe the primary purpose of university is to broaden children’s minds, according to a new survey.
The maximum tuition fees that can be charged by universities in England are to be frozen at £9,000 for the 2013-14 academic year, the government has announced.
Supermarkets' consumer-led strategies proposed as a 'model for institutions'. Jack Grove reports
Open courseware is a shop window and a pressure valve, Delft leader argues. Jack Grove reports
1994 Group fires shot across bow of admissions service's proposed reforms. Jack Grove reports
The fifth biennial Sodexo-Times Higher Education University Lifestyle Survey is the last to quiz students under the lower tuition fees regime - and it reveals some telling views on the changing nature of the sector. Worries about debt have fallen as the current cohort realise what a comparatively good deal they have, yet it is clear that the dire state of the economy is affecting lifestyle choices. However some things - such as the paltry time spent in the library - never change. Jack Grove reports
Independent candidates have triumphed in the University and College Union elections by snapping up almost three-quarters of the contested places on its national executive committee.
Two-thirds of universities have failed to adequately consult students on their access agreements, the National Union of Students has claimed.
