University governance reforms must go further
Nottingham Trent University’s chair of governors Neil Goulden explains why institutions need to do more to regain public esteem
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Women in gender-equal countries less likely to gain STEM degrees
More liberal environments may encourage women to follow their interests, psychologists suggest
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Top five apps for managing student finance
Managing your money is a vital life skill and students can turn to a handful of apps to track their spending, apply for scholarships and even save money for a rainy day
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Vice-chancellors ‘prepared to rethink’ USS pension reforms
Universities UK concedes that it might ‘have not considered every possible angle’, as strike action continues
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Australian opposition promises post-secondary education review
Labor wants further and higher education to be ‘equally attractive’ to prospective students
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A student’s view on the pension strikes: support your lecturers
As university staff gear up to strike, one student explains exactly what the strikes are about and why students should stand in solidarity with their lecturers
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Student volunteering: working with a major charity
Students can volunteer with charities while they are at university to learn new skills, make new friends and ultimately boost their career prospects
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Gyimah: UK wants to be in EU research ‘but not at any price’
Minister says he will ‘fight’ to ensure scientists can move freely post-Brexit
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‘Very strong’ turnout on day one of UK university pensions strike
Staff at 65 universities walk out over changes to Universities Superannuation Scheme
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Vice-chancellors pocket almost £1 million in exit payments
First sector-wide analysis of UK vice-chancellors’ pay in 2016-17 reveals more six-figure pay-offs to departing heads
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Subra Suresh: why I swapped Carnegie Mellon for Singapore
No better place than city state for higher education's new era, says Nanyang Technological University president
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Career advice: how to peer review a paper
Detail, clarity and a constructive approach: all these are key to a helpful review, writes Sophie Inge
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Number of women with engineering PhDs on the up in UK
But growth in those completing postgraduate research degrees in physics appears have stalled, according to latest Hesa data
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The week in higher education – 22 February 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media