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Then chancellor Prince Philip leads procession at University of Cambridge

Does it matter who the next Cambridge chancellor is?

After the furore of Oxford’s election, no obvious frontrunner has emerged to take the high-profile role at Cambridge. Some say the institution needs a politically engaged figurehead, others want someone who can sort out internal fractures

By Jack Grove

25 April

Hunting trophies of elk and deer with weapons after the hunt, symbolising the pursuit of large grants

In my field, a little goes a long way. So why must we chase large grants?

More research council funding in the humanities and social sciences should be distributed in the form of micro-grants, says Peter Sutoris

By Peter Sutoris

22 April

Illustration of people walking across top of the US flag, illustrating academics leaving America.

Will American academics flourish if they go abroad to escape Trump?

With US academia under siege from the Trump administration, universities elsewhere are contemplating offering ‘asylum’ to disaffected researchers. Here, four former US academics now established abroad reflect on the potential culture shock that awaits US émigrés

By Irina Dumitrescu

10 April