Stopping the clock on academic promotions will worsen inequalities
Pausing the assessment timetable for tenure and promotion may seem helpful, but it will actually deepen disparities on campus, says Jennifer Greenfield
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US colleges face tougher scrutiny on graduate employment
With Biden set to revive employment yardstick for for-profits, Republicans demand it be universal
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Worse redundancy terms ‘key trade-off for more permanent jobs’
Australia’s post-Covid employment ‘circuit breaker’: casual professors, a revised 40/40/20 split and no more 18-month payouts
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Insecure academic contracts ‘fail to cut costs’
Increasing the share of non-tenure-track faculty has no effect on financial health of US public universities, says paper
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Post-Covid university collaboration can cement European identity
No institution will be able to make it alone amid the pandemic-induced tumult, so let’s make shared values the antidote to the crisis, says Ferruccio Resta
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Paulo Freire can still inspire us in the fight to democratise universities
At a time when marketised models are dominant, we must build on initiatives that put the stress on social justice and community engagement, says Peter Mayo
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‘Narrowest margins’ in gao kao ‘shape Chinese students’ lives’
Major survey is first to link entrance scores, elite universities and salary
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Imperial lawyers warn unions over meeting as Gast heads for exit
University expresses concerns about ‘untrue statements’ but UCU remains in dark over what caused problem
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Skidmore: don’t leave universities out of lifelong learning plans
Former universities minister says there is a danger reforms will focus too narrowly on colleges
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Five tips for starting an academic career in times of crisis
Due to the 2008 global financial crisis, a long shadow loomed over me and my cohort. Over the medium term, though, most of us made it, says Lucas Lixinski
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Online makes the workings of academia harder, not easier
The great loss is the more subtle stuff, such as arching an eyebrow at a pal when Professor X starts droning on, says Athene Donald
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France to investigate academics over ‘Islamo-leftism’
Organisation charged with leading probe says term has no ‘scientific reality’ and is being used to shut down academic discussion of race and colonialism
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Covid recession ‘may force universities to cut overseas fees’
Experts voice caution on prospect of quick bounceback in UK overseas recruitment post-Covid, highlighting issues around affordability and changing competitive landscape
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Meet Aria: ‘high-risk’ research funder to be independent of UKRI
Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body
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MEP backs European careers framework to tackle research precarity
Webinar hears that postdocs are being ‘deprofessionalised’ and encouraged to win grants on behalf of principal investigators