Interview with Rama Govindarajan
Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class
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Fraser Woodburn, 1951-2021
Tributes paid to administrator of ‘immense ability’ who spent 17 years as secretary of the Open University
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Universities spend £600 million on severance pay in four years
Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England
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Australians fear brain drain after ‘boneheaded’ grant vetoes
Ex-prime minister says cancellation of funding ‘betrays government’s hostility to higher education’
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The week in higher education – 20 January 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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TEF gets ‘requires improvement’ badge for ‘absence of excellence’
Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation
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Six in 10 graduates must get professional jobs, universities told
Latest stage of English plan to tackle ‘poor quality’ via absolute baselines for student outcomes brings threat of punishment for institutions that fall short
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Harassment and discrimination are still rife within universities
A recent survey confirms that higher education continues to offer a safe environment for a certain kind of abuser: the successful professor who brings in large grants, say Nanna Haug Hilton and ...
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What can be done to improve research integrity?
As the pandemic increases public scrutiny of science, the UK Parliament is holding another inquiry into the long-running issue of reproducibility. Five of its contributors give their views on how...
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Christ Church’s internecine war is a huge failure of governance
The Oxford college’s vast expenditure of charitable funds to try to dislodge its own dean could have serious repercussions, says Alan Rusbridger
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20 January 2022 digital edition
Repeat performance: what can be done to improve research integrity?
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Michigan reaches $490 million sex abuse settlement
Agreement covers more than 1,000 victims over four decades of campus doctor, just days after university president fired for employee relationship
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Pennsylvania moves against Amy Wax over racism complaints
After years of escalating protests, controversial law professor to face disciplinary process at Ivy League institution
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Traditionally insular countries forging global links
Russia and Taiwan improve in list of the world’s most international universities, while UK and Canada backslide