Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 1934-2021
Tributes paid to psychologist who was ‘the father of flow’

Tributes paid to psychologist who was ‘the father of flow’

Musicologist waxes lyrical on homeschooling, white fragility and the narrowing of intellectual enquiry

Hepi-published paper argues sector is ‘victim of, and has actively participated in, polarising culture wars’, while those ‘rooted in their local communities’ have been neglected by expansion

Leaders prioritising regional impact above competition, while significant numbers consider mergers, annual PA Consulting survey suggests

Double enrolment to 100,000 by 2025, former universities minister urges

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

A push to end the habit of assessing researchers by their publication metrics is gaining momentum. But are journal impact factors really as meaningless as is claimed? And will requiring scientists to...

Diversifying income stream also makes institutions less exposed to possible government cuts, say Ian Matthias and Mike Boxall

Testaments and revelations: do narrative CVs refresh research or just muddle the plot?

New scheme unveiled six years after its underperforming predecessor was scrapped

Workforce report co-authored by Baroness Wolf also finds that number of teaching-only staff in UK grew by 80 per cent in 12-year period

Learners enrolled with Western universities gather in China’s tourism hotspots

Experts welcome discussion but warn of unintended consequences from potential escalation of global recruitment race

Studying institutional success stories is socially useful and has nothing to do with selling out, say Matthew Flinders and Paul ’t Hart

NIH vows shifts after years-long assessment finds top-cited scientists rarely share data and measure up poorly when they do