More than quarter of UK HE institutions post deficits
Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula

But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper

Elite US universities’ history of acknowledging hereditary advantage at least came with a sense of social obligation, says Amanda Louise Johnson

Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’
Plan S: learned societies have a lot to lose In the article “Plan S may ‘consolidate power of big publishers’, academy warns” (News, 15 March, www.timeshighereducation.com), David Sweeney, executive...

All campus life is here

A large world-class university may eclipse a less renowned neighbour, but an education ecosystem rich in diversity can benefit all in the area

Anthony Abraham Jack’s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew...

Book of the week: A riveting tale of India’s imposition of exceptional powers has new resonance for Priyamvada Gopal

Why was the Russian empress drawn to a French intellectual opponent? asks Yvonne Sherratt

James Stevens Curl relishes the extraordinary visual splendours of a fin-de-siècle creative explosion

Phone habits of the developing world; the cult of the cute; problems on the home front; game theories; and beggar thy neighbour

Can sharing a city with a more prestigious neighbour make it easier or harder for an institution to realise its value? Jack Grove examines the competition