Interview with Tarunabh Khaitan
The winner of the inaugural Letten Prize talks about using his research to fight discrimination and the battles between power and democracy
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Geoffrey Petts, 1953-2018
Tributes paid to leading river scientist who led University of Westminster for more than a decade
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Open University ‘should teach students on campus’
Under-pressure distance learning provider could reap rewards by opening its main campus to traditional learners, argues Higher Education Policy Institute director
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Chinese students ‘increasingly scared’ about US study
Recruitment experts say visa and safety concerns ‘spell trouble for all but the highest-ranked American institutions’
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The week in higher education – 11 October 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Swiss fear exclusion from EU research if voters back referendum
Ahead of Brexit, country’s plight highlights vulnerability of countries that associate to the bloc’s framework programmes
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£6 million boost for student mental health efforts in England
Office for Students initiative to focus on transitions, early intervention and cross-agency working
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There are multiple ways to measure equality
Ucas is attempting to get a clearer perspective of equality in higher education admissions by taking into account students’ sex, ethnic group, environment and free school meal eligibility, says David...
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New Zealand study highlights what matters for HE access and success
A landmark analysis of several government data sets will help policymakers make more effective interventions, says Roger Smyth
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We must take academic plagiarism seriously
Academia’s exacting standards on attribution are spot on. It is their inconsistent implementation that is the problem, says David Sanders
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Universities do not have a monopoly on academics
Many retired academics embrace the freedom to fully embody their view of the serious scholar, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Academic literary biography should revive the author
Scholars should not be walled off from mainstream biography’s playground of unlicensed fun, says Richard Bradford
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Brexit, Carillion and Grenfell legacy create uncertainty on UK estates
AUDE report highlights rise in building costs from weakening of sterling after Brexit vote, plus potential loss of EU construction workers
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Teaching resumes in Niger universities after month-long strike
Academics in Niger have suspended their action over pay and management
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Mexican universities face bankruptcy and closure
Ten regional public universities plead bankruptcy following sector cries of chronic underfunding