The Dnipro dam atrocity must prompt a re-evaluation of Russian culture
So far, Russianists have been strangely resistant to confronting imperialistic, Russocentric narratives, says Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
So far, Russianists have been strangely resistant to confronting imperialistic, Russocentric narratives, says Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
The prospect of a Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis run for the White House has enraged many across the sector but others have decided to remain conspicuously silent
If you want to get promoted in UK academia you will probably need to apply for an Advance HE fellowship. But there is widespread scepticism that this extended ‘box-ticking exercise’ improves pedagogy...
Universities are places where ideas are proposed and improved. It shouldn’t be so hard to discuss an issue with far-reaching implications, say 20 academics
Ex-PM and former Tory leader urge replacement of Turing Institute with ‘Cern for AI’, which could position Britain as leader in innovation and good practice
Rethinking Writing
Party commits to reforming incoming student loan changes, claiming they will ‘eat away at pay’ for graduates
Experts from government, academia and thinktanks offer advice on navigating the corridors of power to ensure research impact
William Pitt and the French Revolution 1785-95 - The British Monarchy and the French Revolution
The technology threatens to impoverish research and destroy humans’ ability to understand the social world, says Dirk Lindebaum
Mariya Gabriel’s resignation splits her education and research briefs just as officials are shaping the successor to Horizon Europe and other flagship programmes
Immediate review of outputs by a REF reviewer could be more efficient, transparent, informative and, above all, fair, says Martin Lang
Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be...
ChatGPT must compel humanities scholars to rethink their acceptance of intellectual mediocrity and lax standards, says James Walker