Millions in public funding awarded to UK PhD applicants without interview
Staff strike prompts decision to award ESRC studentships to Cardiff University candidates based on paper applications only
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A philosophical defence of the traditional lecture
The university lecture should be seen as a special form of human encounter, argue Amanda Fulford and Áine Mahon
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Research Excellence Summit: Debt-burdened students ‘could turn to populism’
Historian says Trump could attract educated young people if he promised to tackle their debts, while rector tells summit Czech universities remain ‘strongholds of critical discourse’
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Europe ‘should codify’ university autonomy to ward off threats
Provost of Hungary’s Central European University tells conference that autonomy is in jeopardy across continent
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Do teaching qualifications contribute to teaching quality?
Staff qualifications deserve greater weighting in the overall assessment of teaching excellence, argues Geoff Stoakes
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THE podcast: free speech and academic freedom
Members of the THE editorial team and the ninth president of the University of Chicago discuss the rights of expression on campus
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Big data ‘key to widening antimicrobial resistance fight’
Incorporation of AMR in Global Burden of Disease study could be game changer in securing more government funding
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Overseas students ‘more likely’ to appeal UK university decisions
OIA report reveals payout of almost £50k to an international PhD student kicked off their course
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Russian students asked to return home
Worsening political ties have led a Russian government agency to urge students abroad to return home
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Game of thrones: Paris business school incubates toilet innovation
New spin-off company seeks to revolutionise how we think about the smallest room in the house
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Foreign academics ‘in debt’ after paying thousands in UK visa fees
Big hikes in visa, right to remain fees bring ‘under the radar’ issue to fore and prompt post-Brexit worries for EU staff
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Beware ‘Streisand effect’ on contract cheating, UK’s QAA hears
Hollywood legend’s backfiring legal action offers lessons for universities on essay mills, says researcher
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Teacher shortage looms in Australia as entry requirements rise
Australian schools to run short of teachers as funding cuts and ‘bad media’ bite into education enrolments
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Michael Moran, 1946-2018
Professor of government rose from poverty in childhood to become leading expert on British public policy
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Interview with Robert Bickers
The Wolfson History Prize-nominated professor discusses how China’s past shapes its nationalism and why the Communist Party’s ‘historical nihilist’ label suits him