Glasgow principal Sir Anton Muscatelli announces retirement
Long-serving leader will not seek fourth term, with handover scheduled for September 2025
Long-serving leader will not seek fourth term, with handover scheduled for September 2025
The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow discusses the economics of higher education
Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity
As Australia and Canada lead the overall table, THE data show universities worldwide grappling with the affordable housing crisis and demands to divest away from fossil fuels
In the wake of Jacinda Ardern’s and Nicola Sturgeon’s decisions to step down as leaders of their respective nations, university leaders and experts reflect on when is the right time to give up the...
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system
‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal
International students add hugely to the richness of universities. But are the risks of relying on their fees to subsidise so much fully understood?
We must examine how our measures of merit are impacted by culture, context, place and hierarchy, says Cheryl de la Rey
Sector experts offer their advice for Liz Truss and her new Cabinet on some of the biggest issues facing UK universities, from finances and R&D to culture wars and common ground
University and union branch offer ‘exit strategy’ as further walkouts prepared in long-running dispute
War has helped to fan inflation and wither universities’ resources. With scant prospect of let-up, all eyes are watching the horizon for hopeful signs
After decades operating in a largely low-inflation environment, Western universities are seeing rising energy costs and war in Ukraine push prices up. How exposed is the sector?
Higher inflation is set to challenge higher education everywhere, and all but the well-endowed elite will feel the bite and face difficult choices