Increasing tuition fees for current students is ‘kick in the teeth’
The University of Exeter has confirmed that fees will go up with inflation for current students, and Sorana Vieru is not impressed
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University language departments ‘at risk’ as recruitment slumps
Number of students placed on results day drops 8 per cent year-on-year
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V-c defends tuition fee rise for existing students
Sir Steve Smith says it would be ‘odd’ to charge some Exeter cohorts less than others
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‘Bulging middle’ of universities benefit as A-level results dip
Top and – in particular – middle-tier institutions drive expansion as lower-ranked institutions suffer
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Jack Meadows, 1934-2016
The founder of the University of Leicester’s astronomy department, who had a minor planet named in his honour, has died
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Record number of students win university places
Acceptances on A-level results day up 2.9 per cent year-on-year, says Ucas
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Interview with Dame Nancy Rothwell
We talk tuberculosis, tough decisions and pancake races with the Manchester vice-chancellor
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Science editor-in-chief sounds alarm over falling public trust
Jeremy Berg warns scientists are straying into policy commentator roles
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PhD students: how to support them through illness and stress
Supervisors explain how to help students keep their research on track
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Brexit: scholars in English reflect on ‘discontents’ exposed by vote
Academics working in English studies consider what Brexit means for their discipline
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China makes progress in reversing brain drain
Higher proportion of Chinese scholars and students returning home, new book shows
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University of Macau offers unlikely home for Oxbridge tradition
Ultra-modern university in gambling hotspot looks to ancient college system for inspiration
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Knowledge Games: How Playing Games Can Solve Problems, Create Insight, and Make Change, by Karen Schrier
Dana Ruggiero on new ways of thinking about how to construct gaming experiences that allow people to help tackle intractable challenges
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Thought in Action: Expertise and the Conscious Mind, by Barbara Gail Montero
Explaining how skilled individuals deliver a peak performance is a thorny task, Jane O’Grady says
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Books interview: Debbie Lisle
The scholar of international relations and author of Holidays in the Danger Zone on misplaced nostalgia, foreign encounters and the allure of ‘dark tourism’