Academic life

Nottingham Trent University’s chair of governors Neil Goulden explains why institutions need to do more to regain public esteem

Their emphasis on cultivating understanding makes universities natural homes for those at war with their societies, says Shahidha Bari

Alexander Clark and Bailey Sousa urge academics to leave their ‘fixed mindsets’ behind if they want their careers to flourish

The evidence used to compile Spiked Online’s Free Speech Rankings is not to be trusted, says Carl Thompson

Symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress are more acute for PhD candidates classified as exceeding their schedule

The UK Border Agency’s treatment of non-EU musicians is undermining vital cultural exchange, says Michael Edwards

After writing The War on the Old, UCL professor turns to The War on the Young

Attending the criminal trial of a dissident scholar brings home the inhumanity of Turkey’s academic purge, says Masi Noor, and underlines the importance of showing solidarity

THE survey reveals how work pressures shape researchers’ decisions around relationships and family

Books offer an experience, evidence trail and egalitarianism that could never be digitised, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima

Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships and family around their ever-growing workloads. Ellie Bothwell reports

Generous leave packages used as a strategy to retain top female researchers in elite institutions, study suggests

Suspension is a legal and emotional minefield that can blow up in managers’ faces, says a wrongfully suspended scholar 

Academics routinely offer praise and encouragement to their students. Why are they so reluctant to offer it to each other? asks Terri Apter

Growing interest in the student mental health crisis is welcome, but it is overburdened hourly paid lecturers who are most at risk of stress in universities, says Sam Christie

Universities must do more to tackle the class privilege that is still rife in the ranks of academia, says Louise Morley

Sexual misconduct is now being openly discussed, but universities still lack policies to safeguard staff from sexual violence in the workplace. This means victims remain afraid to speak out, says a female academic and rape survivor

The teaching of ethics in drama overlooks how theatre-makers should be treated, and how they should treat one another, while doing their jobs, says Daniel Foster 

A year-long experiment convinced Michael Marinetto that carving out research time is a fun but unwinnable game 

Those who cross distant disciplinary boundaries are seen as unusual and viewed with suspicion. A handful of scholars tell Matthew Reisz why it suits them to stray

‘Romance is not dead, it's just behind a paywall’

Home Office threats to deport her may have been an ‘unfortunate error’, but Eva Johanna Holmberg is still wary about the future

Time to cut down on sarcasm, Buzzfeed quizzes, references to neoliberalism and ad hoc usage of Latinate and French phrases, says Emma Rees

Claire Taylor looks at how UK universities can rebuild trust

University of Strathclyde pollster John Curtice knighted in annual list

Chris Parr runs through 11 of the best 2017 Christmas videos from university leaders

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Chris Parr reveals the 25 Times Higher Education stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

Scholar who lives in Germany and works in UK blames Brexit after waiting months for certificate