Rachel Kyte’s previous roles in supra-national bodies make the new dean of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of international relations determined to see the academy play its part in rescuing...
Three academics in the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows discuss learning from colleagues around the world about how to improve teaching
Student income support is increasingly insufficient and in urgent need of reform, says Dawn Freshwater
Union cites aspirational university statement as grounds to halt walkout
Did they know it was Christmas? Research probes academic propensity for submitting work out of hours
Academics’ battles with impostor syndrome reflect the difficulty of becoming truly accepted into the cult of academia, says Michael Marinetto
‘MIT of the North’ idea seen as ignoring imbalances in research funding that undermine regions
Latest data on income, staff and research funding show the key challenges facing UK higher education in the coming years
Making participant-derived data available is not a panacea but, with careful support and management, it can improve reproducibility, says Jonathan Grigg
Judgment likely to reignite the battle over the fixed departure ages at the university and elsewhere
Chinese biophysicist jailed for three years for experiment that led to live births of three genetically altered children
Higher education motivated by goal of more diverse lists of qualified applicants
Study of European Social Survey data finds academics more left-leaning than almost any other professional group, but show ‘no greater homogeneity’ in beliefs
Scottish university piloted accelerated degrees, but challenges highlighted in review raises broader questions over such courses