University museums ‘vulnerable’ as enrolment declines force cuts
Sudden closure of University of New Hampshire’s Museum of Art shows how future of such facilities is tied to overall health of institution
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Part of the largest university accommodation project in the UK, the eco-residences at Lancaster University's County and Grizedale Colleges provide 800 rooms for students.Designed by Leeds-based...
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Completed a century ago, the Glasgow School of Art recently beat the Eden Project and the Pompidou Centre to be named as the best British-designed building of the past 175 years by RIBA Journal, the...
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Ty Crawshay, or the House of Crawshay, was built in the early 19th century for one of Wales' leading industrial families. Today it stands at the heart of the University of Glamorgan's Treforest...
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In 1829, Sir David Salomons - who later became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London - bought a small villa in Tunbridge Wells and converted it into a country house.The house, called Broomhill, was...
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The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the largest in Wales, is already one of the leading venues for contemporary arts and culture in the UK.This week sees the official opening of a major new project: eight...
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The Jo Phoenix case shows the perils of academic mobbing
It is not easy for university management to push back against large numbers of people, but resisting harassment should be paramount, says Ian Pace
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Are academia and motherhood incompatible?
While UK universities are starting to address the challenges faced by new mothers, combining parenthood and academia remains a difficult task. Five writers give their experience of what institutions...
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Can internationalisation save South Korea’s emptying universities?
As the domestic youth population plummets, Korean institutions are looking to international students to make up shortfalls. But can such a strategy compensate – and can it be enacted in time? Pola...
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My favourite fictional academic
From satirical novels to US sitcoms and cop shows, academics have proved to be rich source material across many genres. Four writers argue the case for who can claim to be fiction’s greatest scholar
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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The Guv’nor: Power relations in the maritime and academic economies
In John Gilbey’s seasonal tale, the sharks are circling the vice-chancellor of the University of Rural England. But the fishing village to which he flees is not as innocent as he depicted it in his...
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Higher education needs more portfolio academics
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have...
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Can the UK be a science superpower with super-high immigration fees?
Recent increases to already sky-high visa and health service costs have prompted worries that talented overseas-born academics will turn their backs on the UK, undermining the country’s lofty...
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Seamlessness and vision required to commercialise research
Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president