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Debating the details of research assessment should not obscure wider debates around ethics and legitimacy, says Alis Oancea

Getting a permanent job is only the beginning, not a fairy-tale ending, says Helen De Cruz

Pervasive claims that non-native speakers of English are unfairly discriminated against by publishers are rebutted by linguistics expert

Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?

More than 1,400 academics have signed a petition condemning the treatment of university staff

Wiley and Elsevier attacked over failures to deposit papers as research funder warns it could withdraw funding for hybrid journals

Ucea says additional payroll pressures and market instability means uplift is ‘at the limit of affordability’ for many institutions

Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years

Universities should not be able to hide their reliance on fixed-term staff and insecure employment practices, says Sally Hunt

Interviews paint a bleak picture of morale at Yonsei University, raising further concerns about country’s attempt to internationalise

Several research-intensive universities are on list, but many institutions dispute the findings

Paul Taylor shares a story of a life in a university that may not be far removed from today’s academy

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

Non-EU citizens took one in five new posts over past decade, leaving 40 per cent of posts for UK researchers, Hefce figures show

A new law to support early career researchers has reopened arguments over limits on the use of short-term contracts in the country

Undergraduates endorsed patently false statements in US experiment

Institutions are criticised in UCU report for allowing 'shameful levels of pay inequality' to persist

Students need to apply numerical and statistical methods to real-world contexts, says Rita Gardner

German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework

Sharing knowledge and information widely is no waste of time, says Philip Moriarty

In the third blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Philip Drake recalls his experience of setting up a legal advice clinic

Students tend to nominate entertaining or ‘sexy’ academics, says paper

Raul Pacheco-Vega offers six tips on how to keep the words flowing and hit your deadlines

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University

Selling yourself can sometimes be quite difficult for academics, but as John Tregoning argues, scientific salesmanship could be vital for career progression

In the second blog from nominees for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the THE Awards, Luke Burns calls on lecturers to embrace technology and a sense of theatre

Leaving the EU would damage international partnerships vital to research excellence, v-cs say in letter to national newspaper

The UK’s first academic conference on hip hop comes straight outta Cambridge

Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than £1,000 a year, analysis shows

From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to special needs education in the UK, more mid-career professionals are taking professional doctorates

Researcher recommends reassessing selection criteria for PhD funding as several great scientists did not gain a first or a 2:1

Biology lecturer Anne Osterrieder reflects on the importance of solitude for academics

As 14 February approaches, Tim Worth looks at a couple of choice Collinses and remembers what Georgian ladies had to put up with

Can academics’ prior experiences of employment help them with the day job? asks Matthew Reisz

Event with controversial King’s College London researcher Adam Perkins to be held at later date after ‘negative social media activity’

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen warns job losses will see some services ‘cut to the bone’ as 7 per cent of staff exit Denmark’s most highly regarded university

With a module on diversity to teach, law academic Steven Vaughan muses on his decision to out himself to his students

Why are researchers preoccupied with 'lad culture' when the under-representation of men among students is the real problem, asks Joanna Williams

Australian academic Benjamin Habib reflects on the worst public embarrassment of his career

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Alison Baverstock, director of The KU Big Read, offers a dozen tips for anyone trying to engage a whole university community

Political theorist Andrei Stavilă explains how a comment on a friend’s Facebook page led to exit from Turkish university

Does the fall in UK applicants revealed this week spell trouble for universities, asks Jack Grove

We talk human existence, Cristiano Ronaldo and the problems with Portugal’s higher education system with Lancaster’s new astrophysicist

Many black and ethnic minority staff at universities are also downbeat about their promotion chances, according to a new University and College Union survey

Andrew W. Robinson on the sound pedagogical reasons to swap the industrial, identikit approach to teaching and learning for something less bloody boring

One in 12 who suffer the suicide of a friend or relative will leave university, study says

Dave Sayers shares his tips on how to boost productivity

Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals’ impact factors

Immigration policy puts at risk 'valuable resources', argues Fiona Whelan

Academics need to recognise that a linear career progression is no longer the norm, says William Locke

Center for Open Science hopes initiative will make results more reproducible

What does the class of 1952 have to say to the class of 2016? asks Richard Roberts

Researcher argues that a sector-wide approach to supporting refugees would be more effective than individual schemes

Despite the challenges, Jill Derby sees multiple benefits to exporting this US model to the middle east

Researchers cite high levels of independence and the need for social perceptiveness as factors

Higher Education Academy report proposes a raft of changes to help improve reward and recognition of good teaching at universities

The number of full-time female academics rose sharply as the total employed by UK universities officially passes landmark for the first time

University of Reading research finds link between undergraduate satisfaction and ethnicity of lecturers