Are academic contracts built on sand?
A Times Higher Education survey bears out the growing difficulty of finding time for research
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Is paid research time a vanishing privilege for modern academics?
Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and...
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Australia’s Newcastle plans ‘permeable precinct’ to attract companies
Landmark development ‘blurs boundaries between education and research’ and aims to deliver work experience for students
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Dutch university sought secret references on UK linguist
Leiden University acted unlawfully, a court has ruled, in using anonymous letter to discredit an applicant for a professorship
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THE University Impact Rankings 2019: data refining
Duncan Ross describes how we constructed the initial Impact Rankings and explains the adjustments we intend to make to improve the next iteration
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South Korea debates admissions as elite ‘feeder’ schools lose licences
Scholars question whether move against autonomous private schools will go far enough in equalising university admissions
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Penn under pressure after professor opposes ‘non-white’ immigration to US
Law dean calls Amy Wax’s views ‘repugnant’ but does not answer demands for her removal
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Jo Johnson returns as universities minister in brother’s government
Gavin Williamson named education secretary and Andrea Leadsom business secretary in Boris Johnson Cabinet
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Early career academics need more than patronising advice and vacuous assurances
Those lucky established academics who want to help precarious colleagues would do better to pay for their lunch, says Sarah Burton
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Global partnership aims to boost universities’ work towards UN goals
Collaboration between three university alliances hopes to drive cooperation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
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UK universities call for Johnson’s support on funding, research and visas
UUK and Russell Group issue appeals after former shadow HE minister’s victory in Tory leadership race
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Lancaster investigating cyberattack after applicant data stolen
Student and applicant data have been stolen in a ‘malicious and sophisticated’ phishing attack on Lancaster University
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Palestinian university fights Israeli visa restrictions
Rising numbers of overseas academics have been hit with visa denials or refused entry to Palestine, scholars say
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Rankings swagger seen as a double-edged sword
Universities fuel governments’ appetites for metrics when they brag about their rankings, summit hears
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Carnegie Mellon sees Africa growth as wise investment
New campus after seven years of CMU operations in Rwanda raises hopes, questions of sustainability