Trump is not US universities’ biggest threat
Conservative politicians emboldened by the president’s election could exact the heaviest toll on higher education, says Matthew Hartley

Conservative politicians emboldened by the president’s election could exact the heaviest toll on higher education, says Matthew Hartley

While not all student-supervisor relationships end in disaster, permitting them infringes women’s right to education, participation and a safe work environment, say five female academics

By focusing on collaboration as much as funding levels, technological progress can spearhead national prosperity and self-confidence, says Angus Horner

Universities must not be complacent about freedom of speech, and need to ensure students use it to drive change, says Bill Rammell

Our annual analysis shows that academic pay is still falling in real terms and that equality is still an issue with regard to gender and ethnicity

Women’s pay still lags behind men’s, and a lack of transparency around salaries makes it all the harder to address

Book of the Week: Danny Dorling on an illuminating analysis of the many factors that swayed the referendum

New monographs explore sudden sight loss, stoicism, botanical beauty, a Buddhist take on the dismal science, and tough women

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Changes ‘benign’ in context of ‘stunning’ plans proposed previously, say experts

A THE survey is seeking the views of UK higher education employees on the upcoming election