Russia urged to experiment to reach research development goals
Deputy chair of Russia’s academic excellence programme encourages institutions to adopt innovative approaches to learning
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Tristram Hunt: scientists must join fight for creative subjects
Education reforms designed to improve uptake of science subjects may harm them if creativity is not taught, claims V&A director
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The crucial role universities can play in integrating refugees
A programme created by two French students aims to help refugees integrate into society by pairing them up with university students around France
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If you love research, academia may not be for you
Dutch figures show just how little time professors get for their own research. It may be easier to pursue your intellectual interests outside the university system, says THE reporter David Matthews
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UK and Australian universities launch ‘co-created’ online degree
FutureLearn course will offer certificates from both Deakin and Coventry
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Australian higher education participation target all but attained
Country is on the verge of achieving its now scrapped enrolment target, years before the deadline
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Letters – 8 November 2018
Where do we draw the line on reparations? Robert Dingwall is right to identify the multiple hypocrisies that underpin the demand that universities engage in “reparative justice” (“We need a serious...
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Who should edit academic journals?
A survey reveals readers’ opinions on whether professional editors or active researchers should be responsible for academic editing
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Two-thirds of Chinese students ‘maltreated in childhood’
Universities told to upgrade student welfare support in wake of alarming figures
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Interview with Christine Petit
Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music – and how she would cope with deafness
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Eric Griffiths, 1953-2018
Tributes paid to Cambridge literary critic
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Why Warwick took a civic turn to Coventry
Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils
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Researching whale hunting: one scholar joins a harpoon crew
In the very different cultures of St Vincent and the Faroe Islands, whaling forms a key part of their identity. Scholar Russell Fielding gets a real insight into the hunting tradition. Matthew Reisz...
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Top-down partnerships risk ‘constraining’ researchers post-Brexit
UCL announces drive for academic-led collaboration with major global cities and their universities