Thousands of applicants missing out on their first-choice university is not a pandemic-era blip but a ‘new normal’ that will force many more to look for excellent courses beyond the Russell Group,...
NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academia
Research shows need for strong checks and balances on power of executive, according to authors
College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely
‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears
The University of Northampton’s outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on how lessons from punk rock led him to survive in academia and deliver one of UK higher education’s most ambitious campus projects...
Time-honoured standards of professionalism appear to be unravelling. Authors should be entitled to demand better, says Harvey Graff
Still in the shade? Japanese universities start to clear a path for women
Japan ranks low for gender equality and Japanese women have long complained that the domestic demands on them, combined with universities’ unwillingness to compensate for them, make academic careers...
‘Under the radar’ practice of charging students to secure their places a sign of ‘increasingly deregulated admissions process’, says Jo Grady
Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model
Hopes that formal escalation of a prolonged political stand-off will finally allow UK-based researchers to participate in EU programmes
‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students