The chaos at the UCU congress reflects the same concerns around democracy and accountability that members have about university leaders, writes Mike Finn, who argues for a member-led union
Appealing to students and their families made electoral sense for the Labour Party, but its promises have saddled it with a lot of low-value spending, says Roger Smyth
In the wake of Malcolm Anderson’s death, universities need to wake up to the need to take better care of their senior lecturers, says Andrew Oswald
Abandoning her hyperactive approach to lecturing opened the way to creativity, introspection and compassion for Patricia Owen-Smith
Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi
Adam Ozanne recently wrote an opinion article titled “UCU congress: how not to turn victory into defeat” (17 June, www.timeshighereducation.com). Although we feel strongly that the issues he raised...
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The Europe Teaching Rankings extend our portfolio of rankings focusing on student engagement. Here, we explain how we arrived at the results
Biggest campus protests since 1989 have disrupted legislation that many fear will lead to more state control of universities
To equip students for the future, the Singapore University of Technology and Design redesigned its curricula from the ground up, Chong Tow Chong writes
As the jobs market transforms, universities must give students opportunities to learn-by-doing that mirror the new world of work, Sean Gallagher says
Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals
Jean-Lou Chameau pushes for formal merger of five grandes écoles
‘Essentially no difference’ for most part between views of students and general public, says YouGov