‘To glorify burlesque is kind of silly’
Kaitlyn Regehr learned from former striptease dancers that what they did was not a safe, sex‑positive hobby but often a means of survival that intersected with sex work
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How can widening participation best be achieved?
Jack Grove explores current strategies for widening participation in higher education, and finds out why improving access remains a huge challenge across the world, despite growing university...
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Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year
University defends £429,000 pay-off to Christina Slade as criticism of ‘excessive’ executive pay intensifies
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Ulster ordered to pay £1 million over ‘sham’ redundancy process
University management ‘actively misled’ union representatives and wanted to keep members ‘in the dark’, tribunal rules
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Germany edges towards brink in dispute with Elsevier
Publisher and research community remain divided over question of access to international publications
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Amid all the criticism, we must not forget the vital role our universities play
It has been a tough year for higher education, but we must not forget how universities transform their students’ life chances, says Maddalaine Ansell
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Max Planck launches women-only recruitment drive
With women still under-represented at the top levels of research, some see the rise of more explicit ‘affirmative action’ on gender becoming more common
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Huddersfield’s ‘repositioning’ sees 138 jobs go
Garlanded Yorkshire institution denies claims that cuts are related to financial pressures or research ambitions
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Pasteur’s entrepreneurial spirit burns bright in Paris
Not far from the birthplace of preventative medicine, research institutes in the French capital are working together to launch a new era of technology transfer
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Cambridge receives £85 million philanthropic gift
Donation from estate of inventor Ray Dolby will be used to redevelop the university’s physics department
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Huge rise in subscription costs despite open access switch
New data show UK moving rapidly towards open-access model – but subscription costs jump 20 per cent in three years
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‘Unethical’ herpes trial could cost university millions in research funding
Southern Illinois University under investigation for medical school researcher’s involvement with controversial herpes vaccine trial
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Pay row sees Kenyan universities hit by third strike in a year
Union says teaching will not resume until additional funding has arrived in university accounts
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Switzerland and India build closer research partnership
New programme will build on earlier successes in fields ranging from nanotechnology to sustainable energy
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University of Texas strengthens commitment to Mexican research
Staff at new UNAM centre will work on research collaborations between both countries