Gender breakdown at course level
The proportion of male and female students varies widely across different subjects in UK universities
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Science needs to be given credence as well as cash
As Canadian scientists look forward to a better deal under a new regime, respect for their findings is as vital as fair funding
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Four things you need to do to survive university
Our blogger at Lancaster University, UK, offers four helpful tips for students and prospective students to foster independence, responsibility, a social network and the confidence to succeed at...
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Do we still need to talk about vice-chancellors’ pay?
Vice-chancellors’ pay in the Russell Group has continued to rise, but bumper salary hikes are increasingly rare, finds Jack Grove
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Joanna Williams: courage of her convictions
It is always interesting when people take ideas to their logical conclusion, says Matthew Reisz
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What does 2016 have in store for higher education?
Our bloggers and social media followers gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the year in HE might look like
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Do sporting metaphors sell academics short?
Using the language of sport to sell metrics-based performance management ignores what sport can really teach academia, argues linguistics scholar Liz Morrish
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Russell Group v-cs awarded modest pay rises
Average increase of 6 per cent in pay and pensions packages inflated by ‘transitional arrangements’ at Durham
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Ed Balls: failure to find ‘sustainable’ way to fund universities a ‘blot on Labour’s copybook’
Former Labour shadow chancellor, now visiting professor at King’s Policy Institute, believes graduate tax would avoid dangers of fees market
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Blindly counting academics’ publications ‘is the road to hell’
Jenny McDonald examines the response to calls for academics who are not highly productive researchers to be given more recognition