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A new entry-level subscription to DataPoints will enable more universities to unlock actionable, data-driven insights from the rankings, says Phil Baty

A new entry-level subscription to DataPoints will enable more universities to unlock actionable, data-driven insights from the rankings, says Phil Baty


Doctoral candidates offered hybrid ‘stipend and salary’ studentships with significant teaching hours will struggle to balance competing pressures, union fears

Prospect of additional support being announced in last budget before polling day as review into higher education funding gets under way

Leaders of research-intensive universities see pay top £350,000 despite financial strife faced by institutions

The £2 million recently awarded to a whistleblower by a US court is a rare reward for the volunteers who trawl the scientific literature for error and fraud. Yet their numbers continue to grow. So...

Many of the lessons I’ve learned about community, grace and letting go are transferable regardless of subject or health, says Alexandra Dufresne

New book argues it is a ‘myth’ that universities can stay silent on social and political issues

Big cut in enrolments seen as way of modernising country’s universities but some warn further changes are needed to stop students lingering for years

Shadow minister calls for newly established Australian Royal Commission to scrutinise universities in wake of deadly Bondi beach attack

Students encouraged to study elsewhere owing to concerns about the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on UK campuses


Financial and political pressures have prompted universities to siphon themselves off into various groupings. Can such bodies help secure a fair deal for the sector, or are they destined to end up as...

Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned

Campuses closed in attempt to quell unrest, with experts warning of risk of further brain drain unless protests deliver meaningful political change