Rise in working students ‘should prompt radical teaching rethink’
Cost-of-living crisis has driven many more to find paid work alongside studies, with universities reassessing practices as a result
Cost-of-living crisis has driven many more to find paid work alongside studies, with universities reassessing practices as a result
Georgia State’s transformation of student outcomes has been praised by Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Jack Grove talks to its president, M. Brian Blake, about the trailblazing institution’s incredible...
Government policy is ‘a lot of hot air’ given lack of support for female faculty, says scholar
Purdue University accused of trying to force maths academic to retire after concerns about his Covid-era teaching
Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of...
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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...
The lost golden age of hiring and wider social appreciation of the disciplines never existed, says Harvey Graff
China studies programmes and language courses are on the decline, just as understanding of the superpower is needed most
Those focused on dissecting pop culture face hostility from politicians, the media and fellow academics, but their work remains vital, ‘Kylie scholar’ Liz Giuffre tells Rosa Ellis
Post-industrial regions the world over are pinning their hopes on universities to reboot them as prosperous innovation economies. But questions remain about the depth and breadth of the high-tech...
As enrolment expansion far outstrips campus housing capacity, universities must take more responsibility for local neighbourhoods, says Harvey Graff
When her broadcasting career took off in her mid-fifties, Mary Beard became one of Britain’s best-known and most-discussed academics. Jack Grove speaks to the retiring Cambridge classicist about her...
Universities have historically done little to make disabled students welcome, and still have no statutory duty to do so. Simon Midgley finds out how their lot has improved since the 1970s. In some...
A new ‘accord’ is promised, but hopes under previous Labor governments have sometimes been dashed, says Greg McCarthy