As the celebrated children’s historical sketch show marks its 15th anniversary, Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial...
Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish
The problem is very real, but it would be more effective to invest in creating an institutional culture of responsibility and accountability, says Jim Nicell
Plans to introduce 20 per cent ‘baseline’ for research time will harm university’s standing in academia and beyond, warns critic
Women expected to be ‘organisational team-players’ while male colleagues ‘allowed to pursue their individual career interests’
Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press’ David Clark
State law against foreign scholars allows institutions to pursue exceptions, but faculty and students are largely left to wage protests
The broad approach taken by the OfS’ guidance on free speech will safeguard orthodoxy-challenging work, say Abhishek Saha and Ian Pace
Study finds scholarly autonomy used to justify breaches of 48-hour weekly working hours cap
Former government adviser says a modest cut in operating costs could allow for a doubling of the number of UK academics
University managers must be committed to cultivating a compassionate culture and building trust in the workplace, says Andrew Woon
Changing term dates leaves staff fearing extra workload pressures and encroachments on research time and summer breaks
I realised that I was sacrificing my best years – and those of my child – for a dream that did not have my back. So I quit, says Helen Lees