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Research degrees: one qualification leads to another
Increased likelihood that master’s and PhD students will already have postgraduate degree
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The puzzle of UK graduates and their low-level literacy
UK adults with tertiary education ranked 12th among the OECD despite the reputation of its universities
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Mists, mellow fruitfulness...and that undone to-do list
As the new academic year begins, Emma Rees awakes from drowsy reveries of new school shoes
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The lost art of listening
Students and lecturers no longer seem able fully to engage with each other, writes Tom Palaima
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Majority of Scottish academics set to vote ‘no’ in referendum
Survey reveals that staff are divided by discipline over independence
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Shakespeare scholar disputes decision-reversal by journal
Memoria di Shakespeare’s new editors backtrack on acceptance of Oxfordian academic’s paper
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The Culinary Imagination: From Myth to Modernity, by Sandra M. Gilbert
Shahidha Bari savours a celebration of our relationship with food across genres and cultures
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The HEA is as relevant as ever, new leader says
Despite scaling back, the organisation has much to offer universities seeking to improve the student experience, says Don Nutbeam
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Dublin students forced to dig it as rents rise
Property shortage has made accommodation unaffordable for many
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Grant winners - 11 September 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Carlos NuñezInstitution: Swansea UniversityDuality in string theory,...
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Sir David Bell, Sir David Eastwood, Graham Farmelo, Liz Gloyn and R. C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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John Sperling, 1921-2014
An iconoclastic educator at the heart of the movement to create for-profit universities has died
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Q&A with Sarah Churchwell
We speak to the Man Booker prize judge and professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia
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World in brief - 11 September 2014
United StatesMobile phones: the ‘invisible addiction’Female students in the US spend an average of 10 hours a day on their mobile phone, while their male counterparts rack up nearly eight, a study at...