Durham scholars working in a ‘culture of fear’
Evidence cited by a review of governance reveals a series of concerns
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Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
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Sodexo-Times Higher Education University Lifestyle Survey 2014 results
How has debt from higher fees changed students?
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John Carey: the constant reader
Despite the snobbery of Oxford, a young literary scholar found the liberty to know and speak his mind
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Princeton group questions student criminal records check
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Warwick suspends prominent critic of higher education policy
But university rejects claim suspension relates to activism
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 methodology
Census sensibility reveals the global academy’s greatest names Which universities do scholars think are the best on the planet? This is no idle question, as our annual Academic Reputation Survey...
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Edinburgh’s arrested development
The lack of vision over the future landscape of the city is laying the foundations for trouble, says Richard J. Williams
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 results
UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100
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Scotland: ‘yes’ to what?
A number of professors at Scottish universities have come out in support of a “yes” vote in the independence referendum. But those who advocate independence ought not to do so without considering the...
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The REF: how was it for you?
Research heads and other university staff on the burdens of submitting to the inaugural research excellence framework
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Sheffield academics baulk at HR chief’s sacking threat
Scholars dismayed by suggestion that those not deemed ‘excellent academics’ will lose their jobs
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Best and worst of sector's websites revealed
The best and worst performing higher education institution websites in the UK have been ranked.
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6 challenges impeding technology adoption in higher education in 2014
In our second look at the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition, we cover the six “significant challenges” it identifies as impeding the adoption of technology in higher education
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Physicists are more intelligent than social scientists, paper says
Social scientists are of ‘lower average intelligence’ than those in natural sciences - at least at elite universities, authors argue