THE survey reveals gender inequality persists even in Athena SWAN institutions
Even Athena SWAN holders have a way to go, THE workplace survey suggests. Chris Parr reports

Even Athena SWAN holders have a way to go, THE workplace survey suggests. Chris Parr reports

Broader course portfolio and research push may help Bishop Grosseteste University recruit from afar. Paul Jump reports
United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees’...

Ivy League chief says institutional accretion makes it hard to tackle global problems. Chris Parr writes

President of US-Ireland Alliance says step is sign of America’s ‘indifference to Europe’

One of the many joys of growing old in the classroom is to hear students asking fundamental questions that the public chooses to neglect. I teach a course called “Social Problems”. It is the first...

A new strategy seeks to inflate the country’s share of BRICS students. Jon Marcus reports

Matthew Reisz meets a Catholic author who believes confession has value, but not for children

Leverhulme TrustInternational Network GrantsSocial sciencesAward winner: Mary BosworthInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £123,210The Leverhulme international network on external border...

A theoretical economist whose pioneering analyses of “clubs”, patents, incentives and innovation provided important insights to lawyers and policymakers has died.Suzanne Scotchmer was born on 23...

Dame Wendy Hall is professor of computer science and dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering at the University of Southampton. She is known for being one of the first computer...
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‘Inspirational’ pro vice-chancellor will help lead university as it expands from city centre base to new £450m campus. David Matthews writes

Experts on flooding abound in the academy. Why are they ignored by government? asks Phil Ashworth

Specialist institutions may find it difficult to go it alone in today’s academy but mergers may bring few benefits, says Miriam David