The value of the UK’s research block grants has fallen significantly since 2010, as policymakers have focused funding upticks on projects with compelling narratives. And in a tough financial climate...
The development of a healthy academic environment requires inclusivity, dialogue and mutual respect, says Eldho Mathews
Long-running inquiry accused of ‘lack of transparency as to who and what is being investigated’
Organisers claim Irish government has ‘failed’ to address endowment requests
Regulator heavily criticised for pausing much of its work to focus on finances announces ‘staggered’ restart in applications
New research links anti-pluralist leaders with declining academic freedom, warning of ‘dire consequences’ for academia
The Trump administration’s deep cuts at the department hit some offices harder than others, but the effects will likely be felt by students, families and institutions across the country
But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended
New tertiary regulator outlines wider vision in strategic plan as it seeks to get to grips with scale of cuts across sector
Staff and politicians fear ‘nothing is safe’ at Scottish university looking to cut more than 600 jobs
UK’s research-intensive universities urge increase in value of Higher Education Innovation Fund and creation of new ‘Spark fund’
The order does not even claim to alter existing civil rights law, and its stipulations are arguably in contravention of it, says Geraldine Van Bueren
Proposal follows change in law to allow establishment of foreign university outposts in Mediterranean country
Teqsa’s request for extra clout to tackle ‘systemic’ governance failures deemed too much by some, too little and late by others
ScienceDirect innovation allows academics to interrogate articles and compare experiments