University of Liverpool set to axe 220 academic jobs
Union ‘unconvinced’ making redundancies will help institution achieve aim of improving research and teaching
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Tie funding to tackling racial inequality, says professor
Uptake of Race Equality Charter in UK higher education ‘hugely disappointing’, says Kalwant Bhopal
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THE podcast: Student Experience Survey 2018
Members of the THE editorial team analyse the results of the Student Experience Survey 2018.
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Interview with Henry Snaith
The Oxford physicist on his appreciation for nature, renewable energies and the importance of not being afraid to fail
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Scientists team up with BBC to model spread of ‘pandemic’
Contagion!, set to be broadcast on 22 March, estimates a death toll of 890,000 from an outbreak of a Spanish flu-type virus
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Oxford academics launch world’s first ‘blockchain university’
Woolf University aims to charge $57,600 (£41,462) for its first degrees
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Student Experience Survey 2018: welfare concerns hit satisfaction
Long-term trends data raise questions about whether fees are creating new pressures for students that some universities are struggling to address
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First gender pay gap data paints UK universities in poor light
Six higher education institutions report so far that male pay is at least 20 per cent higher than female remuneration
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The week in higher education – 22 March 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The PhD badly needs a doctor
Professional doctorates offer a more useful, less stressful but no less rigorous alternative to the moribund PhD, says Richard Willis
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Steve Redhead, 1952-2018
Tributes paid to scholar of popular culture who was dubbed ‘Professor Rave’
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Zuma may be gone but his populist fees policy lives on
New South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s first budget confirmed funding for hundreds of thousands of students to be exempted from tuition fees, writes Martin Hall
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Student Experience Survey 2018: Higher education sector still raises the bar in a turbulent year
Despite a bumpy 12 months for universities, students continue to be satisfied with campus life, finds Sara Custer