Minister: students ‘taken advantage of’ on ‘dumbed down’ degrees
Michelle Donelan says there has been ‘too much focus on getting students through the door’ in England
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Three-year visas for PhD graduates in £300 million UK science plan
New Downing Street unit for attracting global talent and review of immigration rules among measures to support research
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University staff must find their voice, says Murdoch whistleblower
Reflecting on his legal ordeal, Australian academic hopes his experience will help cultivate a culture of speaking out
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International study to examine lottery-based research funding
Grant funders to assess whether randomly picking ‘middle-level’ research projects for funding is fairer, more efficient and better for science
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Solidarity with contingent faculty entails more than signing statements
Declarations of solidarity lay bare the feudalistic mentality of even the most radical leftist scholars, who speak for the beleaguered masses from the cover of their academic nobility, says Scott...
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Australian v-cs explore ‘alternative models’ of research funding
Sector leaders drafted to help solve loss of cross-subsidies from both international and domestic teaching
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THE Latin America University Rankings 2020 table information
Key statistics The data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the ̽»¨ÊÓƵ World University Rankings. It represents data from the...
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PM issues warning on degree value as FE takes precedence
Boris Johnson says ‘talent and genius are expressed as much by hand and by eye as they are in a spreadsheet or an essay’
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US universities missing opportunities for racial redress
Academia says it understands need for cures but black voices proposing changes go unheard, scholars say
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Ethnic minority academics less likely to win UK research grants
But data from UKRI show that fellowship success rates for women and BAME researchers are now higher than men and white academicsÂ
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Hepi poll: UK students’ satisfaction with online learning slips
Survey suggests most undergraduates expect limitations on their interaction with classmates next year
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Covid-19 is no longer a short-term crisis for higher education
Volatility has become part of university managers’ new normal, but the effort won’t quickly become wasted, says David LeFevre
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Petition urges reinstatement of ousted art school president
Aoife Mac Namara dismissed by Nova Scotia College of Art after less than a year in charge
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Australian students tipped to look beyond home states post-Covid
Online lectures may enable applicants to broaden their horizons, predicts consultant
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Soho at Work: Pleasure and Place in Contemporary London, by Melissa Tyler
Panikos Panayi enjoys an ambitious but partial study of London’s sleaziest district