Germany’s ‘exploited’ student assistants waiting weeks to be paid
Early taste of academic precarity reported in biggest-ever survey of student-employees, although rectors’ conference questions reliability of a union-commissioned study
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No-confidence votes are a last resort that should never be needed
Rather than attempting to block resolutions, university leaders should focus on creating people-first cultures, says Hanfu Mi
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‘Conflict-seeking’ OfS vows to reset engagement with universities
Chief executive Susan Lapworth says regulator will ‘respond positively and practically’ to recommendations from highly critical report
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Regional and gender gaps in English enrolment reach record levels
Participation keeps going up, but significant equality issues remain
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Improved pay offer swiftly rebuffed by unions as strikes loom
Unions ‘disappointed’ and say ‘marginally improved’ rise ranging from 5 per cent to 8 per cent would not fix sector’s problems
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Join our new Arab University Rankings advisory board
THE is looking for people who are passionately committed to higher education in the Arab region and can be ‘critical friends’ to the rankings
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Higher education ‘in free fall’ in crisis-hit Lebanon
Sector faces years of uncertainty after a series of economic and political crises in the country
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Quality Assurance Agency ‘not satisfactory’, regulator claims
Agency rebuts Office for Students report which ‘substantially misrepresents’ role in assessing higher education providers, as major rift exposed
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Anger as social sciences lose cash to STEM under REF rule change
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system
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At Michigan, Santa Ono sees room to grow
Academic leader on equity and affordability sees many positives in Ann Arbor, but room for improvement in research and student experiences
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Axeing of Indian PhD scheme ‘leaves minority students in lurch’
Government took away scheme ’hastily’ and ‘without convincing reason’, according to critics
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UK students increasingly skipping meals as cost of living rises
New polling highlights ‘scandalous’ impact of financial pressures on student life
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Degree apprenticeships: a great UK invention that needs better nurture
Amid growing global interest, policy must be driven by evidence, rather than knee-jerk reactions to loud voices, says Raheel Nawaz
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Gove: investment zones to leverage university research for growth
Levelling up secretary confirms Sunak government’s change of approach on investment zones, after reports plan has stalled
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HE-led regional growth ‘needs shared culture and Boston model’
UK universities must think as one with civic leaders and businesses to boost regions as Boston peers have, says influential peer Lord O’Neill