Under-55s welcome to apply, says British Academy’s new chief
Alun Evans highlights need to ‘be careful not to discriminate against the young’ in facing up to the challenges of diversity
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Is mass authorship destroying the credibility of papers?
The rise in ‘kilo-authors’ and ‘gift authorship’ is causing the academy to rethink how it assesses the worth of academic publications
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Books interview: Kaitlynn Mendes
Karen Shook speaks to the author of SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media
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International students 'oversimplify ethical dilemmas'
Training needs to recognise US and overseas students’ different approaches to decision-making, study concludes
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Northern Ireland misses out as Mitchell Scholarship loses funding
Obama Administration’s pivot to Asia ignores the fact that young Americans wishing to study abroad prefer Europe, says Trina Vargo
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Mobile app tracks students to determine flu risk
Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home
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Israeli academics nervous about direction of travel
How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?
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#FieldworkFail: Twitter users share their research mishaps
Carrying out research in the field, what’s the worst that could happen?
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National Student Survey 2015: how it affects academics
Some managers take a punitive attitude to academics as a result of the NSS, finds Jo Frankham
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The changing face of the clearing process
The scramble for places is no longer about courses and universities that nobody else wants, writes Matthew Andrews
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University managerialism ‘can boost academic freedom’
Choice between overarching managers and collegiality in universities a false choice, study suggests
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Canterbury Christ Church vice-chancellor is new HEA chair
Rama Thirunamachandran to lead sector body while teaching excellence tops the political agenda
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GCSE results day: why it matters to universities
GCSE results will become more relevant to the higher education sector as A-level reforms are implemented, says Ross Renton
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Interest in borrowings is not mere linguistics
With individuals and institutions alike calculating potential costs of Brexit, recouping loans from EU students can’t be ignored
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News blog: How big a sin is Zygmunt Bauman's alleged self-plagiarism?
The eminent sociologist is entitled to draw on his long lifetime of thought, but should probably be clearer about the extent to which he is doing so, says Paul Jump