Who should speak for academics over the future of publishing?
Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe

Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe

UCU survey finds British-based researchers perceive lesser protection for academic freedom compared with continental peers

Striking visual display in King’s College London corridor symbolises how higher education is taking professorial problem seriously

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

The author of Trans Like Me on books, moving beyond pigeonholing, and making time for Moomins

Higher education news from around the globe

Removing the cap on subsidised sub-bachelor’s places in public universities will pull the rug out from under technical and further education providers offering similar qualifications, says Gavin...

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

This week’s round-up of academics awarded research council funding
Nick Hillman is right to say that the new divisions between different categories of higher education providers in the UK are unlikely to last (and it is surely shocking, in a regulatory system...
In the article “Take charge to ensure that you ace your appraisal” (News, 18 May), Robert MacIntosh and Kevin O’Gorman counsel academics about how to negotiate their annual performance and...
The contributions to the feature “Access all areas” (18 May), on the problems caused by poor disability access on campus, contain some very familiar points – the assumption that disability applies...
Lord Lucas argues that “Acting like spoiled children will do UK universities no favours” (Opinion, 18 May). Perhaps, but the government must remember that it exists to serve us, the citizens and...

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