Academics ‘fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid’
Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods
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University applicants ‘expect more contact hours than at school’
Unrealistic expectations of would-be students revealed by major survey
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US scientists take on Trump at the ballot box
Academics standing for election aim to stand up for evidence-based policymaking
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Tax all graduates to pay for universities (even if they graduated years ago)
It is time to revisit the idea of a graduate tax, argues Andy Green
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Commission report calls on EU to double research spending
Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes
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Jisc Futures: the digital revolution and the future of science
Geoffrey Boulton writes the first in a series of articles from Jisc on research in the age of open science
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Government plays down prospect of tuition fees rethink in England
Senior minister said that there may need to be a ‘national debate’ about student debt
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Most talented students ‘don’t work as hard as other learners’
German analysis finds that undergraduates with the highest ability put in the fewest hours
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Research Excellence Summit: attracting and retaining academic talent
Ahead of the 2017 THE Research Excellence Summit, taking place in Taiwan from tomorrow, we hear from Partha S. Mallick on the importance of valuing talent
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US universities support students over summer amid travel ban fear
Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding
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Imperial vice-provost: TEF a ‘godsend’ for university teaching
Simone Buitendijk says exercise forced leaders of research-intensive institutions to focus on education ‘for the first time’
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What are you reading? – 6 July 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers