Academics’ faith in A levels plummets post-pandemic
Low opinion of key exams connected to ‘disastrous’ decisions during Covid and a lack of understanding over how grades are awarded
Low opinion of key exams connected to ‘disastrous’ decisions during Covid and a lack of understanding over how grades are awarded
When she was BBC Newsnight’s top booker, Sam McAlister persuaded Prince Andrew to give his infamous interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She tells Jack Grove how academics can avoid...
Eminent judge’s departure follows Australian university’s decision to fund new campus development while discarding staff
When Rhodes and fees both fell and Africa’s top university appointed its third black leader, hopes were raised that South African higher education was moving into a new era of equality. But several...
Academics warn of damage to progress on equipping officers for modern-day policing and creating a ‘bona fide profession’
Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts
While a weaker measure than the autumn semester, data amplify concerns that higher education’s loss of value may reflect more than just Covid
Death of a lower-caste student prompts calls to focus on how students may experience ‘subtle segregation’ on campuses
Delaware associate professor of marine science faces sacking after top journals retracted her articles, but she claims a faculty report exonerates her
Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set the record straight about...
Healthy result provides ‘financial sustainability’ in a ‘volatile higher education sector’, vice-chancellor says
Accommodation shortages and spiralling rents are damaging the student experience and limiting universities’ expansion ambitions. But amid political turbulence, rising borrowing costs and a shrinking...
Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul
Conservative professor’s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats
From election monitoring to military tips, Matthew Reisz meets the man who uses systems thinking as a force for good