How to transform universities into nature positive institutions
The University of Oxford is assembling a global coalition to improve the sector’s impact on biodiversity
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Braverman axing compulsory degrees for police starts ‘backwards step’
Academics warn of damage to progress on equipping officers for modern-day policing and creating a ‘bona fide profession’
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Iran’s child-bearing directive is a threat to public health
The banning of scientific messages about risks in pregnancy is yet another damaging imposition on academia, says Roohola Ramezani
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Grade inflation rules could cost £100 million a year, OfS warned
Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts
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Simon Schama: ‘Do you think I’d be allowed to write that book now?’
As his new book on pandemics is published, the UK’s best-known historian tells Matthew Reisz that identity politics is inhibiting history, nationalism only intensifies during global crises, and a...
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English regulator’s free speech data ‘not the full story’
OfS figures show rise in number of scheduled events not taking place, but cancellations fall as proportion of all events
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25 May 2023 digital edition
Tangled up in red: Is the Office for Students holding back English universities?
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A quarter of all UK study-related visas issued to dependants
The latest figures show more visas were granted to Nigerian dependants than to main applicants
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Hundreds of jobs ‘under threat’ at Victoria University of Wellington
Restructure proposal follows enrolment crash and sub-inflation boost to teaching subsidies
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University funding: policy choices
Universities face criticism for getting into financial difficulties – but deliberate policy decisions are leaving the squeezed middle high and dry
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Australia’s disadvantaged students spurn enabling programmes
As Universities Accord shines a spotlight on equity, new research finds that the most propitious pathway is little trodden
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Poor overseas courses ‘bad for business’, warns English regulator
OfS sets sights on transnational education after finding students living overseas now account for 16 per cent of English registrations
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Phoenix sees tough road to Idaho pairing
Once-largest US online university, embracing new public partner after Arkansas rejection, agrees its for-profit sector deserves scrutiny
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Interview with Jackie Carter
The statistical literacy professor talks about her working-class upbringing and her passion for helping young people break barriers
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How do academics’ pay and conditions compare with other sectors?
Analysis finds those working in higher education often enjoy better benefits than elsewhere but precarity leaves many excluded