ERC funding settings are creating a bubble of unsustainable careers
The availability of ERC grants falls off a cliff in your 40s, and in most countries there are few comparable alternatives, says Cristina Muñoz Pinedo

The availability of ERC grants falls off a cliff in your 40s, and in most countries there are few comparable alternatives, says Cristina Muñoz Pinedo

Findings strengthen case that UK should agree early access to next framework programme as soon as possible, say v-cs


UCU leader tells annual congress that sector faces threats like never before and issues cannot be fixed under current model

With King’s College London and Cranfield University planning to join forces, we discuss whether mergers are a sensible way forward for UK universities beset by financial challenges

Union fears remaining staff will face even heavier workloads as 500 jobs have already been lost over past two years

Survey of current and prospective loan holders finds ‘massive frustration’, with system putting off future students


Smaller English institutions among those faring best in current financial crisis because they ‘never had the fat years’

Leopoldo López reflects on how academic writing helped him while in prison, the impact of political interference on his country’s universities and what it will take to rebuild civil society

‘Class size crisis’ hitting disadvantaged students hardest, claims Australian union which blames Jobs-ready Graduates reforms for ballooning recruitment

Innovative Research Universities becomes ‘2050 Alliance’, named after participation target outlined in Australian accord

The experienced lawyers we surveyed were consistently sceptical about arrangements’ consistency and robustness, say Alex Fairbairn and Daniel Sokol

Universities must provide more of the types of experiences that would once have been gained during first graduate job, says vice-chancellor

Istanbul Bilgi University handed reprieve after authorities abandon attempts to close it over concerns about parent company