In the wake of last month’s freshers’ week activities at universities throughout the country, many students are going through a time of transition as they get used to being away from home, establish...
Reading “Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for, study says” (News, 21 September), I had to remind myself as to the non-urban areas in which bears, generally, answer the call of nature....
It’s hard to know what to say in response to a proposed target for 70 per cent of young people to enter higher education, because the 50 per cent target was insane (“UK urged to set 70 per cent...
“Authors Richard Wilding and Emel Aktas found that there was no correlation between staff-to-student ratios, which they treat as a proxy for class sizes, and the TEF awards” (“‘No link’ between class...
I am an administrator in an academic department and suffer far greater resource envy than pay envy, appalled though I am by the different percentage increase between classes of staff. Our workloads...
Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest
What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions
Matthew Reisz considers different styles of scholarship and whether we are forced to choose between them
Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister
John Morgan looks at the key issues a review may cover and the big worries for the sector
Institutions in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and the Netherlands feature in top 20 of new listings by discipline
Conference speech raises questions about future of £9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy