Demand for cuts deals death blow to Australia’s demand-driven system
The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton
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A year in London: a bittersweet departure
As Japanese blogger Reona returns to Tokyo for Christmas, she reflects on her three months in London and how she might feel when she leaves for good
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Canadian university exonerates student in academic freedom row
Wilfrid Laurier University admits it mishandled incident in which teaching assistant was accused of creating a ‘toxic’ environment
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Toby Young hits back at critics of Office for Students selection
Tory controversialist hits back against ‘politically motivated attacks’ as he joins England’s higher education regulator
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Toby Young OfS appointment epitomises how the privileged seldom fail
The appointment of Young to the OfS board is upsetting but unsurprising, says Lisa Mckenzie
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Les Ebdon: ‘nuclear option’ fears kept universities in line
England’s outgoing director of fair access mulls progress on participation and gives advice to new regulator
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Schools ‘over-predict grades to get students unconditional offer’
Pro vice-chancellor warns that students may be ending up on courses on which they will struggle
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Academics report harassment at political science conference
Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting
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Data bite: what kind of research is popular online?
The data underlying Altmetric’s top 100 articles of last year suggest that health research shared on Twitter has most impact
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‘Bruised’ universities can regain public confidence in 2018
Claire Taylor looks at how UK universities can rebuild trust
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Russell Group chief: we might be elite, but we’re not elitist
Research-intensive mission group can act for benefit of whole UK sector, says Tim Bradshaw
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English providers voice concerns over Office for Students regime
Universities fear they will be forced to subsidise the cost of regulating new entrants to the sector
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Women ‘more likely to be pressured to add authors’ to papers
Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions
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The 10 most beautiful universities in the UK
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but you’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who can’t see the beauty in these 10 UK universities