#DearSam: UK HE sector tells new minister Sam Gyimah what his priorities should be
Chris Parr looks at the issues that THE's Twitter followers think the new universities minister should be tackling
Search
-
-
Sam Gyimah replaces Jo Johnson as universities minister
Former prisons minister takes on brief as predecessor moved to Department for Transport
-
Guidance tells vice-chancellors to justify high pay ratios
Proposed governance code will require institutions to explain why leaders’ pay is above ‘acceptable’ range of average pay multiples
-
Toby Young quits Office for Students board after MPs’ debate
Controversial journalist resigns from English higher education's new regulator after his appointment was condemned in House of Commons
-
Grant reviewers ‘biased’ against female scientists, study finds
Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science
-
Mid-tier journals ‘risk being squeezed out by monopoly publishers’
Biggest titles’ opening of sister periodicals is taking submissions away from specialist titles, researchers warn
-
Brazilian admission quotas ‘successful but not enough alone’
Comparison of national test results data shows pupils admitted to university under racial quotas graduate with the same scores on average as non-quota peers
-
Cabinet reshuffle: Damian Hinds appointed UK education secretary
Former work and pensions minister replaces Justine Greening, who leaves the government
-
I see an academic empire rising in China, and the West should take note
Ahead of our Asia Universities Summit, Sir Keith Burnett looks into the future for UK higher education and sees the growing importance of China
-
Historians urge PhD students to look beyond academic careers
American Historical Association emphasises transferable skills and collaborative research
-
Keith Burnett to retire as University of Sheffield v-c
Physicist will step down 'in coming months', once successor is appointed
-
In response: do REF cycles really encourage 'poorer quality research'?
There is no evidence that the REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill
-
US proposals ‘could shut poorest students out of universities’
New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts