Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study
Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers
Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers
Institutions slashing sticker prices by as much as half
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Doctoral degrees urgently need to become more diverse, more student-centred and more public-facing, argue authors of new book
If we were to choose an official global university capital, which cities would be in the running? The following 18 would certainly be in with a shout
Just as campaigns to promote societal benefit show strength, activists admit setbacks in wider battleground for basic academic freedom
When the press turned left, how artists turned on to Einstein’s universe and the ins and outs of illuminations
Merton College warden boasts long association with city and university, but is relative newcomer to top-level leadership
As the season of goodwill comes around again, warm words about collegiality and fellowship have been dutifully corralled into all-staff missives from university leaders. But in an era of management,...
The Cambridge-based US philosopher explains how his father’s vexed relationship with Catholicism led him to philosophy and why the student idealism he witnessed in West Germany in 1968 caused him to...
Gay-friendliness Six institutions score top marks Six universities have scored full marks in an assessment of how gay friendly the UK’s higher education institutions are. Just two won the same...
Research Excellence FrameworkImpact case studies, studiedA new project will look at the impact on society of academic research conducted at universities. The research, commissioned by the Higher...
US economists talk about attempts to liven up teaching of their subject with lyrics from popular music
United StatesDr? No, I never said thatA prestigious US scholarly society has defended its president against accusations that she falsely claimed on at least two grant proposals to have a doctorate....
AustraliaMedia students try to keep it realAn Australian university launched an investigation after it emerged that students had been assigned to plant fake stories in a rival institution’s student...