Australian v-cs ‘in a coma’ over China collaboration risks
‘Overblown’ media reports focus on state control over students and perils of joint research
‘Overblown’ media reports focus on state control over students and perils of joint research
Neil Dagnall and Ken Drinkwater tell Matthew Reisz about the rare pleasures of teaching and researching belief in ghosts, alien abductions and conspiracy theories
Claims that academics are indoctrinating their students with liberal propaganda are increasingly common in the right-wing media. John Morgan examines why such a conviction has arisen and whether...
Lincoln Allison was inspired to teach by academics who loved what they did and communicated this to students. But has all passion for teaching been eliminated by creeping assessment and...
Academic Jack Davis tells John Morgan of his surprise at learning that his history of the Gulf of Mexico had won a Pulitzer prize and his hope that it will help to deliver a pro-environmental message
What single change to university practice would have the most positive and far-reaching consequences? Eight academics and thinkers give us their views
Do you feel you’re just winging it, waiting for the day when your incompetence is exposed? Six academics show that you’re far from alone
Determination to make your own way is key to success in academia, but scholars’ research, teaching and even their lives can be transformed by a chance encounter or event
Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist
Wall Street Journal op-ed on faculty salaries prompts collective fact check from scholars
UK government's Prevent strategy is ‘true threat to free speech’ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
A lack of intellectual and cultural willingness to open up historical discussions about the UK’s imperial past make it a difficult subject for students and scholars to get to grips with, argues Scott...
Sarah Peverley thrills to a lavish overview of the strange world of bestiaries
Scholars and sector figures offer recommendations for reading over the summer break