The return of the RAB
We must challenge carping about the bottom-line worth of university study by reiterating that other paths’ pay-offs in no way denigrate a degree’s value
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Who are you calling a pseudoscientist?
Academics need to think far more carefully about how they define and police the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate knowledge, argues Michael D. Gordin
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Adelaide to establish ‘integrity unit’ following sex scandal
Australian consultants’ report reveals shortcomings in treatment of people who experience or witness sexual harassment or assault
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Short-term study trips ‘still bring major benefits’
UUKi says it will encourage UK government to consider findings when reviewing Turing mobility scheme
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‘Lame’ celebrity academics feed ‘psychopathic careerism’
Something distinctly unhealthy about environment where a few celebrity scholars are surrounded by ‘wannabes’ and embittered failures, claims new book
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Interview with Helen Burt
The retiring UBC scientist on inspirational partners, the precarious state of career options, and the formative value of stink bombs
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William Dalzell, 1936-2021
Tributes paid to lecturer who pushed his students to be ‘true detectives’ in helping companies solve their problems
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Naomi Wolf wanted extra year-long embargo on controversial thesis
Oxford emails reveal efforts to block publication of DPhil thesis that was deposited almost six years after her viva
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UK student satisfaction collapses as pandemic drags on
Hepi-Advance HE survey finds growing frustration with UK university courses in a year of major upheaval
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The week in higher education – 24 June 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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24 June 2021 digital edition
Best foot forward: can South-east Asia’s universities meet sky-high aspirations?
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Rising master’s fees ‘could scupper progress on access’
Postgraduate loans appeared to narrow gap between working class students and others but Sutton Trust warns that increased costs could wipe out this progress
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Is South-east Asia higher education’s next global hotspot?
With a vast youth population but relatively low participation rates, higher education in the Asean region looks ripe for expansion. But can challenges over funding, quality and regional cooperation...
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Side-gigging as an editor taught me why academics are despised
Many academics exhibit an appalling degree of exceptionalism and entitlement – and an inability to complete even basic tasks, says Kate Eichhorn
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Humanities ‘decimated’ by Myanmar academic suspensions
Fields essential to country’s development could become ‘unviable’ as faculty are forced out, observers say