Should I lie? The plight of guest lecturers

Germany has tradition of student placements in firms and universities, but coronavirus lay-offs highlight lack of state support for living costs

23 August

English ministers advised to start looking at key features like partnership with employers rather than using German system as ‘trademark’

19 August

Too-high targets overburden female academics with administrative work and hold back their careers, research foundation concludes

22 July

After more than a decade of federal spending increases, the country also looks set to overtake Japan on the proportion of GDP spent on innovation

17 May

Bavaria’s rules to keep university tutors on precarious contracts unfairly penalise those who want to work, says a lecturer caught out by red tape