The UCU at the microlevel
What are the key issues local union branches are dealing with, and how do they manage relationships with institutions in what many activists argue is an increasingly confrontational environment?

What are the key issues local union branches are dealing with, and how do they manage relationships with institutions in what many activists argue is an increasingly confrontational environment?

Peer review is often thought of as ancient and unchanging, but it is neither – and it shouldn’t be treated as a sacred cow, argues Aileen Fyfe

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UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity – and dispel a few myths, too

A leading scientist and industrialist who served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Nottingham has died

We speak to the British Academy’s chief executive elect

Does power corrupt? THE’s Twitter followers put the proposition to the test

The University of Hong Kong’s Peter Mathieson tells John Morgan about the Occupy protests, political pressure and being an outsider

Bringing Belarus into the fold has required behind the scenes manoeuvring, but has left the organisation stronger as a result, says Anne Corbett

A South West doctoral training centre’s student-run open access title is providing hands-on experience

For 50 years, the Society for Research into Higher Education has explored vital questions about higher education practice and policy, and it intends to continue

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Popular action can still make a difference, as the U-turn on the fate of a university politics department shows, says John Holford

Christopher Bigsby on the markers and measures of a journey’s end

An extraordinary juxtaposition of Gothic folly and fantastical sculpture has created a show to fire the imagination, says Matthew Reisz