Universities are failing to cope with sexual assault cases, new research finds
Some 62 per cent of students are reporting experiences of sexual assault but only 2 per cent feel that their cases were dealt with appropriately
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Journal board resigns in protest at editor’s dismissal
Associate editors and board members for Building Research & Information label forced change in editorship ‘arbitrary and unnecessary’
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Most English providers to be unregulated after OfS rules redrawn
Regulator bows to pressure to scrap ‘basic’ regulation status but stands firm on senior pay reporting rules
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Universities must adopt a proactive approach to mental health
Based on his experiences of depression, PhD student Geoff Mills is calling on all universities to provide better mental health education for their students
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USS strike: partisan players are blocking pension compromise
Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell
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Looking after mental health: first-aid training for staff and students
There are many ways universities can tackle the rise in mental health issues and mental health first-aid is one of them
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Australian opposition promises to restore demand-driven system
But Labor’s Tanya Plibersek fuels concerns that funding could be diverted to further education
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One in three students globally now in private higher education
Quality an ‘urgent concern’ as study reveals significant growth of private sector worldwide
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Interview with Michelle Simmons
The quantum computing pioneer and Australian of the Year talks about growing up in south-east London, creating the new field of atomic electronics and how to get more women into science
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John McDonald, 1937-2018
Stanford business professor with an illustrious alumni ‘family’ remembered
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Germany lures top young scientists with new graduate schools
New centres mark new phase of collaboration between traditionally separate universities and research institutes
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Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste, funders told
Radical ideas required to cut research grant waste
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US universities walk a fine line as Daca deadline approaches
Institutions want to support ‘Dreamers’ but are wary of attracting attention from politicians or immigration agencies
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The Nervous Stage: Nineteenth-Century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theater, by Matthew Wilson Smith
Lab bench discoveries made during the 1800s were felt in the playhouse, says Matthew Broome
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Xenofeminism, by Helen Hester
Emma Rees on a challenging study that leads to flashbacks of Foucault and Xena: Warrior Princess