Are personal tutors an anachronism?
As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whether a support model that relies on the conscientiousness of individual academics is...
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Female supervisors ‘have more productive PhD students’
Large-scale study finds younger, female supervisors are more likely to produce PhD graduates who publish successfully
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Interview with Sean Li
Chinese-Australian material scientist explains the downside of fashion, and why hunger therapy can be a good thing
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What’s new in teaching? Watch parties and ‘walk-and-talk’ classes
New report seeks to engage with criticisms of distance learning and suggests ways they can be overcome
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Doctoral dreams dashed as Canberra puts visa applications on hold
Australia the biggest loser, universities warn, as protracted delays shepherd PhD applicants elsewhere
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‘Comic’ Chinese history teaching ‘breeds cynics and opportunists’
Greatest obstacles facing universities coming from increased ideological control over education, says professor
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The week in higher education – 7 July 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Stick with Job-Ready Graduates reforms, Tudge tells Labor
While contentious reforms were ‘a first for the OECD’, conference hears, they have reinforced a move away from taxpayer funding
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Is this the beginning of the end of early career precarity?
Even before Covid led to so many job losses among casual and fixed-term academic staff, mass insecurity was increasingly being recognised as a blight on the sector. But is there any realistic...
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7 July 2022 digital edition
Out of the mire: Is the tide turning on academic precarity?
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Freeman: post-Brexit uncertainty risks ‘deepening brain drain’
Science minister hits out at lack of Treasury support for Plan B science scheme amid Westminster chaos
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What is Michelle Donelan’s legacy as higher education minister?
Minister heads for education secretary job having fought ‘culture wars’ against universities, but policy change may hinge on survival of Johnson government
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National Student Survey 2022: satisfaction remains at record low
UK students only marginally happier with the overall quality of their course than they were a year ago
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Nottingham’s Jessica Corner to lead Research England
Former nurse will take on research council post vacated by REF stalwart David Sweeney
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Liverpool picks Birmingham provost Tim Jones as next v-c
Scientist’s appointment to succeed Dame Janet Beer sees him return to university where he studied