Some staff at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology warn lack of ‘clear vision’ jeopardises prospects for institution amid uncertainty over funding, but managers insist views of ‘disaffected’...
Bid to hand funding council ability to intervene amid worsening institutional finances could be open for abuse, critics fear
Domestic doctoral enrolments have shrunk by 8 per cent over the last half-decade, says report
Mixed results of final few weeks in White House likely emblematic of Democrat’s presidency, scholars say
How we rank universities across 11 separate subject areas
Why harm high-quality provision at established universities because of a small number of providers with questionable motives, asks Mark Clark
Climate academic who refuses to travel by plane promises to donate €75,000 from settlement to climate activism
Details provide more clarity on which research staff will need to enter the next Research Excellence Framework
Policy institutes’ lack of strategic variation risks overheating the competition for airtime with national policymakers, says Diana Beech
Founding head of UK super-agency calls time on 34-year career in higher education
While public universities concede to government demands, their private counterparts look less likely to back down
Hepi director argues that England’s funding system is ‘not broken’ but just needs to catch up with inflation – and that ministers should get behind it
Petition opposes merging of Japanese, Chinese and Korean into combined programme amid fears of ‘significant’ staff cuts
Ten years ago, just a handful of UK universities had policy institutes. Now, amid the drive for impact, they are ever more common. But are they really the golden ticket to policymakers’ parlours? Are...
Scaled and standardised, lowering entry requirements for disadvantaged applicants can contribute to a fairer society, says Jon Datta