What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
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Chicago president: Trump’s free speech order would be a ‘grave error’
Robert Zimmer explains why the US president’s threat to deny federal funds to colleges that fail to protect free speech is a bad idea
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IFS’ English loans report ‘builds pressure to cut tuition fees’
Treasury officials will find it harder to ignore the deficit pressures caused by subsidising lower-earning creative arts students after analysis, researcher argues
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Russian science reforms ‘ambitious but unrealistic’
Experts question whether new National Science Project will have wide impact beyond creating ‘a few islands of research excellence’
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Scrap England’s subject-level TEF, sector groups urge
The teaching excellence framework “needs urgent fixing” at all levels, review is warned
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Irish plan offers European roadmap to improve teaching
Ireland’s efforts to develop the skills of university teachers could be copied elsewhere in Europe, says Terry Maguire and Roisin Donnelly
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Holocaust historians suffer antisemitic abuse at conference
Protesters allegedly called researchers ‘dirty Jews’ and ‘traitors’ in latest intimidation of scholars who emphasise Polish role in the Holocaust
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US-UK alliance to share ‘experiments’ on research commercialisation
New group of eight universities, joined by MIT and Stanford, sees lack of private investment in ‘niche’ university research as a key barrier
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Paul Boyle to be next Swansea v-c after leaving Leicester
Former ESRC chief executive to replace Swansea’s suspended v-c Richard Davies after his ‘planned retirement’
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Why universities must work together to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Duncan Ross explains why submitting data on global partnerships is mandatory for inclusion in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings
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Student-supervisor relationships ‘inherently risky’
Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says
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Some universities ‘make long-term loss’ on £9K fee students
Report on financial sustainability of UK universities suggests that any attempt to lower fees could have big impact on some institutions
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Doubts raised over minister’s demand for more English v-c pay probes
Education secretary Damian Hinds’ call for more scrutiny of decision-making behind vice-chancellors’ ‘high pay’ may lead to problems, experts warn
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What next for the UCU after Sally Hunt’s exit?
The departure of the University and College Union’s long-time leader has intensified calls for democratic reform, and activists could take a greater role
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Virtual reality technology ‘does not improve learning outcomes’
But research finds students prefer the mode over more traditional teaching methods