Hypercompetition reshapes research and academic publishing
Analysis of more than 120 million academic publications since the beginning of the 19th century shows more is more as academics compete for attention
Analysis of more than 120 million academic publications since the beginning of the 19th century shows more is more as academics compete for attention
Judge says that salaries paid to Catherine Freyd’s colleagues reflect departmental roles and retention raises
Mounting workloads and mushrooming publication output are making the task of staying abreast of the latest developments in the literature ever more difficult for academics. Here, eight researchers...
Hundreds of jobs endangered by £142 million increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme, universities say
The winner of this year’s Holberg Prize, worth over £500,000, on career setbacks, changing attitudes and decolonising the curriculum
Average salary rise of £8,000 awarded to English university leaders highlights ‘lightweight’ nature of new regulator, says University and College Union
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The new chancellor of Leeds Trinity University talks about playing a student on Coronation Street, coping with grief and why regional accents are still frowned upon by directors of Shakespeare
Conor Ryan says students should apply to university once they know their A-level grades
Senior management has its perks but it also comes with a host of new practical, philosophical, psychological and even physical challenges. Here, seven people who have lived through that fiery baptism...
In an increasingly competitive publishing environment, responding effectively to criticism is key to getting published, says Robert MacIntosh
Further education has suffered a dark decade in Australia, but now even universities are beginning to think things have gone too far. John Ross reports
Singapore has the continent’s best university for the third year in a row but China’s stars are in the ascendant, says Ellie Bothwell