Wendy Purcell only a figurehead at Plymouth after stepping down from helm
FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor returned after suspension on full pay despite diminished powers
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Q&A with Sir Nigel Thrift
We speak to the newly knighted vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick
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Cultural guardian confronts the looters
Donna Yates is tackling the illicit trade in antiquities, and although it can be dangerous, the archaeologist says it’s a world away from Lara Croft
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Study abroad in rich countries pays higher dividends
Skills of business students on internships in low-income nations do not develop as much as those in other regions
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Fine arts suffer class bias in National Student Survey, study says
Researchers argue that nature of teaching in subjects means that they cannot score highly in survey
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Will Cuba roll out the welcome mat for US students?
American universities review exchange programmes as 50-year embargo ends
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Sector doubles its Stonewall 100 share
UK universities claim 10 spots in annual survey of gay-friendly workplaces
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Chile steps back from bitter market fruits
South America’s neoliberal pioneer is taking higher education out of the market. The UK should take heed, says Bahram Bekhradnia
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Still too male and white at the top? Don’t blame headhunters
Consultants often boost the number of shortlisted women, but universities must fight their own ‘people like us’ mindset, says Sue Shepherd
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The Match Girl and the Heiress, by Seth Koven
A cross-class relationship burns bright in a study of an experiment in ethical living, says Nadia Valman
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A cliff is no place to start
Building an academic career is hard, but high initial hurdles and a lack of clear progression paths make it unnecessarily daunting
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Are you a victim of hierarchical microaggression?
Majority of workplace slights informed by your place in the academic pecking order, study finds
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Small victory for Cambridge women in long war over gender pay gap
Women on academic contracts earn £8,400 less than men, according to Equal Pay Review 2014, but the gap has closed by £110 since 2012
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The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something?
A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop
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How to give the next generation of scholars a career boost
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate