It is difficult to say whether the recent criticisms of vice-chancellors’ salaries by Jo Johnson, the universities minister, and Lord Adonis, the former education minister (“Who has final say on pay...
In her opinion article “An open-access monograph dash could be disastrous” (27 July), Marilyn Deegan attacks a series of straw arguments about open access for books that have little basis in policy...
Whoever proposed the subject-level teaching excellence framework has little or no idea just how complex and varied a “subject” can be (“Subject-level TEF ‘bad for students’”, News, 27 July). Some...
I was a member of the team that awarded the original senior fellowships of the Higher Education Academy. That proved to be a very challenging task, but it taught all those involved how difficult it...
The “financial hole” that has been reported in the Universities Superannuation Scheme in no way corresponds to the health of the fund in the real world. Rather, it is the result of what a recent...
Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent
Threat to sue universities with policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants ‘deeply disturbing’
Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! hope to tackle country’s problems with scientific method
A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university
Latest financial data for both countries show that overall Australian universities have a greater reliance on international students, but not by much
New institutes of excellence to lead training in agriculture, engineering, mining and industry
The UK's ‘red line’ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert
National survey finds that one in 10 female students have been attacked in past two years