Has the long, uneven crawl towards liberty that began with the Magna Carta come to an end? Much post-9/11 "everything has changed" writing claims that it has. This results either from the dirty hands...
The study of human origins has, apparently, a big problem. A massive, unspoken problem, lurking like a veritable herd of elephants in the room. Or to use a metaphor more appropriate to this book, a...
Female scholars are still fewer in number, lower in status and less well paid. Sarah Cunnane reports
Trinity College Dublin staff follow ancient traditions in the election of their head, but one voter fears their loss as the state encroaches
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Universities are relying on unrealistic targets for overseas income, it is claimed. John Morgan reports
The government faces possible legal action by independent colleges that claim changes to the student visa system are discriminatory and risk crippling their businesses.
Union bid to expose hard-line v-cs who refuse to call for talks on pensions, writes John Morgan
GuildHE calls for a rethink of proposed income threshold for innovation grant. Simon Baker reports
When is a strike not a strike? The answer may be when no one notices your absence.After recent industrial action by the University and College Union, a union representative at the University of...
Nine Nobel laureates have thrown their weight behind a campaign urging academics to refuse to assess the impact section of research council grant applications they referee.
Poor job security a major issue in survey of chemist and physicist PhD graduates, writes Paul Jump
Academics are as stressed as health professionals, a global analysis finds. Matthew Reisz reports
Vice-chancellors have demanded more input into government policy after many reacted with dismay to a ministerial attack on universities planning to introduce tuition fees of about £9,000 a year.
Hispanists claim they are still under-represented despite concessions in Ref. Paul Jump writes