Interview with Sarfraz Manzoor
The journalist and writer on choosing a ‘cool’ place to study, Luton Town’s ‘underdog’ story and becoming his hometown’s university chancellor
The journalist and writer on choosing a ‘cool’ place to study, Luton Town’s ‘underdog’ story and becoming his hometown’s university chancellor
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Shaking off ‘impostor syndrome’ and stereotypes seen as essential by ex-prisoners recruited to spearhead programme
Critics complain programmes focus too much on tactics and weapons and avoid cultural diversity issues
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores
As governments around the world increasingly look to follow US states’ lead and link university funding to the recruitment, retention and employability of students, Paul Basken surveys the results of...
The academy through the lens of the world’s media
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
After the twin shocks of Brexit and Trump, Patrick McGhee can only guess what the next 12 months will bring. Are you ready for peer-reviewed tweets, TEF results determined by University Challenge,...
It is becoming common for American university presidents to get financial bonuses if they meet the goals of the boards of trustees that hire them. But the carrot dangled in front of the new head of...
With about one-third of Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants on a social network, it is an inevitable part of scholars’ lives. While many academics find Twitter and Facebook useful means of disseminating...
Liberal arts colleges are often perceived as being elite and irrelevant. But the best among them excel in areas such as engagement and focus on critical thinking. Ellie Bothwell explores whether...
A failed dealer used his insider status to research drugs, violence and the American Dream
By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed
By Libby A. Nelson, for Inside Higher Ed