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Mental health, financial problems take heavy toll on UK PhD students
- 16 Jul 2020
Report shows heavier burden for UK students compared with other parts of Europe, with the country’s research funding boost ‘a chance to reform PhD education’
Pandemic throws spotlight on HE employment practices
- 16 Jul 2020
Questions raised about the responses of universities in marketised systems as they focus savings efforts on non-permanent staff
Careers intelligence: starting a university job in lockdown
- 16 Jul 2020
Finding your feet at a new university in lockdown can be tough. Jack Grove spoke to some recent starters about how universities can help their new staff
Interview with Hannah Mumby
- 16 Jul 2020
The elephant expert discusses why her research subjects aren’t as different to humans as we might think
Interview with Eliana La Ferrara
- 16 Jul 2020
The prizewinning economist discusses how economics must focus on beliefs and identity, along with the influence of TV on our choices
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Interview with Sarah Ann Kennedy
- 16 Jul 2020
Animation academic and Peppa Pig voice actor reflects on her character Miss Rabbit and why we need more female characters in children’s TV
Parents versus non-parents is the wrong productivity battle to fight
- 28 May 2020
The problem is measuring all women, with or without children, against patriarchal standards, says Srila Roy
Interview with Zakiya Smith Ellis
- 28 May 2020
The secretary of higher education for the state of New Jersey talks about her path to a career in policy, family history and handling racist attitudes at college
Careers intelligence: distance mentoring early career researchers
- 28 May 2020
At a time of upheaval, early career researchers need more support than ever. Here, three experts offer their advice on mentoring when online is the only option
How one university is planning its way through the crisis
- 28 May 2020
‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss
Careers intelligence: will the virus crisis change academic careers?
- 19 May 2020
Who will be the winners in the post-pandemic academic job market? Three experts reflect on the skills that will be prized in the ‘new normal’
UK university staff ‘mental health crisis not getting better’
- 5 May 2020
New figures in Hepi report show continued rise in counselling service referrals, with warnings of further impact from pandemic crisis
Life in the Zoomiverse: What we miss about the physical campus
- 5 May 2020
Pointless meetings, fraught commutes and whiffy shared fridges are mercifully off limits during the coronavirus lockdown. But what else are faculty glad to be rid of? And what are they pining to return to? Seven academics let us know
Interview with Caroline Criado Perez
- 5 May 2020
The award-winning author and journalist on the essay that changed her life and why academic research revolves around men
Teaching intelligence: tapping into business schools’ online know-how
- 5 May 2020
Three experts share the wisdom gained by business schools from decades of experience in offering distance and digital learning to students
Learning styles are fake news
- 28 Apr 2020
Let’s bury the fallacy that students favour particular approaches regardless of the topic, says Gavin Moodie
Leadership intelligence: how to manage in uncharted territory
- 28 Apr 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic turns academic life on its head, Robert Macintosh offers advice on how to show effective leadership in a crisis
Interview with Michael Murphy
- 28 Apr 2020
Observational astrophysicist opens up on why physics can be ‘unsatisfactory’ and how the coronavirus spotlights a valuable truth about our approach to climate change
Danny Dorling: ‘slowdown’ brings end to ‘rampant capitalism’
- 28 Apr 2020
Pace of disruptive change is falling, claims book by Oxford geographer, who says virus crisis could herald a kinder form of politics.
Diversifying reading lists should not be skin deep
- 28 Apr 2020
Diversity makes most sense if it is about authors’ viewpoints rather than their ethnic origins, says Martin Levy
