A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott...
Labour attacks department’s green light for ‘University Campus of Football Business’ name
Branches call for return to collegiality from senior management to avoid repeat of industrial action
Using the Retail Price Index to calculate student loans only leaves students with more debt and the government with a future income shortfall, argues Will Ing
Despite errors exaggerating results by factor of 10, Adam Perkins says findings remain ‘statistically significant’
Antarctic scientist who studied survival in cold environments remembered
Ten years into the programme, German universities remain focused on traditional markers of success, say Andreas Knie and Dagmar Simon
The Office for Students’ arrival marks a new era of higher education regulation but it can also learn much from its predecessor's successes, argues Tim Melville-Ross
Recent calls for more ‘useful’ degrees ignore their patchy record in improving the workplace or society, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Reluctance to shame those who breach editorial ethics has dented confidence in research integrity, argue Adam Cox, Russell Craig and Dennis Tourish
Book of the week: Weaponised offers to spur development took a toll on politics and growth, Priyamvada Gopal writes
Sinophiles will find much to admire in this deeply learned treasure trove, writes Jonathan Mirsky
Shahidha Bari on an idiosyncratic book that attempts to understand the politics of textile culture
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From MI5 recruiting, to students spying on each other and intelligence agencies funding research, Matthew Reisz explores the long and often uneasy relationship between espionage and the academy